Jar

Object Details

• Provenance

  From 1954-57 to 2003

  Private collector, purchased from a workman on the site of Angkor Wat sometime between 1954 and 1957. [1]

  From 2003

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of private collector. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] The private collector acquired the jar within the precincts of Angkor Wat during one of many trips to Angkor while living in Saigon, Vietnam (1954-1957).

  A workman who was cleaning out of the two rectangular pools that flank the causeway leading to the temple showed the pot, which the collector bought from him. See Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] See Deed of Gift, copy in object file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Anonymous

• Origin

  possibly Phnom Kulen kilns, Angkor, Cambodia

• Credit Line

  Gift of an Anonymous Donor

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

  Usage Conditions Apply

  There are restrictions for re-using this media. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page.

  The information presented on this website may be revised and updated at any time as ongoing research progresses or as otherwise warranted. Pending any such revisions and updates, information on this site may be incomplete or inaccurate or may contain typographical errors. Neither the Smithsonian nor its regents, officers, employees, or agents make any representations about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of the information on the site. Use this site and the information provided on it subject to your own judgment. The National Museum of Asian Art welcomes information that would augment or clarify the ownership history of objects in their collections.

Keep Exploring

• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  800s, 1100s

• Name

  Slusser, Mary Shepherd

• Place

  Cambodia, Angkor, Phnom Kulen kilns

• Topic

  Art, Stoneware, Southeast Asian Art, Ceramics, Angkor period (802 - 1431)

• Culture

  Southeast Asians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)