Ewer with lid, style of Vietnamese Red River Delta stoneware

Object Details

• Description

  Stoneware wih blue and white floral scroll pattern.

• Provenance

  From ca. 1965 – 1980

  Eliza B. Smith, purchased in Indonesia ca. 1965. [1]

  From 1980

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Eliza B. Smith. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Curatorial Remark 3 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Mrs. Eliza B. Smith

• Origin

  Bandung, Jakarta, Indonesia

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1960s, 1950s

• Name

  Smith, Eliza B.

• Place

  Vietnam, Jakarta, Bandung, Indonesia

• Topic

  Art, Southeast Asian Art, Forgery, Ceramics

• Culture

  Southeast Asians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)