Jar with three horizontal lugs

Object Details

• Description

  Very dark brown glaze falls short of base with some dripping and accumulation of glaze, wide everted mouth, three loop handles on shoulder connected with three non-contemporaneous split rattan handles, unglazed flat base exposes dark reddish brown clay, interior left unglazed, body decorated with two bands of rectangular panels framed by raised edges.

• Provenance

  To 1994

  John Forbes, Silver Spring, Maryland, acquired in Manila, to 1994 [1]

  From 1994

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from John Forbes in 1994

  Notes:

  [1] According to Curatorial Note 7 in the object record.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Storage Jars (March 15, 2014 to June 28, 2015)

  Taking Shape: Ceramics in Southeast Asia (April 1, 2007 to December 4, 2011)

  Storage Jars of Asia (October 29, 2000 to March 10, 2002)

• Previous custodian or owner

  John Forbes

• Origin

  Possibly Mon State, Lower Burma

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1590s, 1690s

• Name

  Forbes, John

• Place

  Mon State, Burma

• Topic

  Art, Restored Toungoo dynasty (1527 - 1752), White slip, Stoneware, Brown and black glaze, Southeast Asian Art, Ceramics

• Culture

  Southeast Asians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)