Bottle with four male faces above four female torsos with outstretched hands

Object Details

• Description

  Bottle with four male faces looking in the four cardinal directions, above four female torsos with outstretched hands

• Provenance

  From circa 1970-1972 to 1997

  Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge [1]

  From 1997

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge in 1997

  Notes:

  [1] Object File.

  According to Victor Hauge (in a telephone conversation on November 6, 1996), this vessel was acquired from the Bangkok art dealer Pengseng.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  The Glazed Elephant: Traditions in Cambodia (April 15, 2017 to July 17, 2018)

  Asian Traditions in Clay: The Hauge Gifts (October 29, 2000 to April 22, 2001)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Victor (1919-2013) and Takako (1923-2015) Hauge

• Origin

  Cambodia or Northeast Thailand

• Credit Line

  Gift of Victor and Takako Hauge

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1100s, 1200s

• Name

  Hauge, Victor and Takako

• Place

  Thailand

• Topic

  Ban Kruat ware, Art, Hauge collection, Green glaze, Stoneware, Wood-ash glaze, Southeast Asian Art, Ceramics, Angkor period (802 - 1431), Iron pigment

• Culture

  Southeast Asians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)