Bowl

Object Details

• Description

  Bowl with eveerted rim.

  Clay: light gray stoneware.

  Glaze: creamy white glaze.

  Decoration: painted in two shades of cobalt (or possibly iron and cobalt) pigment under the glaze: floral spray in center (on which are five spur scars), narrow calligraphic band near interior rim, wider band on exterior, both framed by lines. Base shows traces of "chocolate brown" (iron slip).

• Provenance

  Early 1980s

  Possibly David Rehfuss, Fairfax, Virginia, purchased in Jakarta, Indonesia in the early 1980s. [1]

  To 1994

  John Forbes, Silver Spring, Maryland, acquired in Manilla, Philippines. [2]

  From 1994

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from John Forbes, Silver Spring, Maryland. [3]

  Notes:

  [1] Louise Cort states in a note from April 13, 2004 that “According to David Rehfuss, this bowl may have belonged to him and been traded to John Forbes. David Rehfuss bought the bowl in Jakarta in the early 1980s while he was posted there in the Foreign Service.” See Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.

  [2] See Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.

  [3] See note 2.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  David P. Rehfuss

  John Forbes

• Origin

  Red River delta kilns, Hai Duong province, Vietnam

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1400s, 1300s

• Name

  Forbes, John, Rehfuss, David P.

• Place

  Hai Duong province, Vietnam, Red River delta kilns

• Topic

  Cobalt pigment, Art, White slip, Later Le dynasty (1428 - 1527), Stoneware, Tran dynasty (1225 - 1400), Southeast Asian Art, Ceramics, Flowers, Iron wash, Iron pigment

• Culture

  Southeast Asians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)