Complete small oil lamp

Object Details

• Description

  Crudely formed thick small dish with a heavy solid foot.

  Clay: Grey stoneware with minute black inclusions.

  Glaze: Clear glaze over a greyish-white slip on the interior. Base unglazed.

  Decoration: None.

• Provenance

  1957

  John A. Pope (1906-1982), Washington DC, collected in the vicinity of Wat Pa Tung kilns, San Kamphaeng, Thailand. [1]

  From 1957

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of John A. Pope, Washington DC [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record. See also John A. Pope Papers, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dr. John Alexander Pope (1906-1982)

• Origin

  Vicinity of Wat Pa Tung kilns, Chiangmai Province, Thailand

• Credit Line

  Gift of John A. Pope

• Type

  Furniture and Furnishing

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• Date

  1400s, 1690s

• Name

  Pope, John Alexander

• Place

  Chiangmai Province, Vicinity of Wat Pa Tung kilns, Thailand

• Topic

  Art, Clear glaze, Stoneware, Slip, Southeast Asian Art, San Kamphaeng ware, Ceramics, Lan Na period (1251 - 1774)

• Culture

  Southeast Asians

• Object Type

  Furniture, Furnishings