Jar with four ornamental lugs

Object Details

• Provenance

  Early 1960s

  Excavated in situ Bananan, barangay San Isidro, Puerto Galera municipality, Oriental Mindoro province, Philippines. [1]

  1960s

  Mr. and Mrs. Napoleon Jamir, Manila, Philippines, purchased in Manila, Philippines. [2]

  From 1960s

  Mr. Arturo de Santos, Philippines, purchased from Mrs. Napoleon Jamir, Manila, Philippines. [3]

  To ca. 1995

  Venecio Magbuhos of V.M. Antiques, Ermita, Manila, Philippines. [4]

  From ca. 1995 to 1996

  John Forbes, Silver Spring, Maryland, purchased from Venecio Magbuhos of V.M. Antiques, Ermita, Manila, Philippines. [5]

  From 1996

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from John Forbes, Silver Spring, Maryland. [6]

  Notes:

  [1] According to a letter from John Forbes to Louise Cort, 20 September 1994: "The two pieces [F1995.7, F1996.35] were reportedly excavated in the early 1960s in Puerto Galera, a small protected bay in northern Mindoro Island, believed to be a trading center for Chinese ships, later a provisioning center for Spanish galleons and today a resort for European trekkers and yachtsmen.”

  [2] According to notes from Louise Cort dated March 24, 2005 “the jar was brought to Manila and purchased by Napoleon Jamir, a professional photographer, whose wife collected ceramics and operated an antique shop” and it was “purchased by Mr. Arturo de Santos (a noted ceramics collector in the Philippines second only to Mr. and Mrs. Locsin) in the early 1960s from the wife of Napoleon Jamir.”

  [3] See note 2.

  [4] The jar was “sold by Mr. Arturo de Santos to Venecio Magbuhos of V.M. Antiques (a Manila antique dealer who comes from Puerto Galera and has been in business since early 1960s) in Ermita, Manila.”

  [5] John Forbes purchased the jar from Venecio Magbuhos of V.M. Antiques, Ermita, Manila in early 1995.

  [6] See Acquisition Consideration Form, object file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Ceramics from Thailand (July 1, 2013 to March 2, 2014)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Venecio Magbuhos

  Arturo de Santos

  Mr. and Mrs. Napoleon Jamir

  John Forbes

• Origin

  Thailand

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1400s, 1300s

• Name

  Forbes, John, Jamir, Napoleon, de Santos, Arturo, Magbuhos, Venecio

• Place

  Thailand

• Topic

  Art, Ayutthaya period (1351 - 1767), Stoneware, Brown and black glaze, Southeast Asian Art, Ceramics, Sawankhalok ware

• Culture

  Southeast Asians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)