Pilgrim flask

Object Details

• Description

  A small, lentoid pilgrim flask hand built (molded?) of red/brown earthenware. The surface is covered in a pale blue-green glaze, which is uneven due to either deterioration or over firing. The neck is small, flares out to a wide rim, and sits between two looped strap handles which attach to the body of the vessel just below the neck. There are three small setter marks from stacking in the kiln, which can be seen on each side.

  The vessel is intact except for a small surface loss on the edge of the lower body which has been partially filled with a tinted plaster/putty material. The misfired/overfired glaze has resulted in a gray/white appearance on one side. Some fine cracking/glaze deterioration scattered elsewhere.

• Provenance

  From at least 1965 to 1998

  Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge [1]

  From 1998

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge in 1998

  Notes:

  [1] Object record.

  Acquired in Tehran.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Victor and Takako Hauge

• Origin

  Germi, Iran

• Credit Line

  Gift of Victor and Takako Hauge

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  BCE 0s, 100s

• Name

  Hauge, Victor and Takako

• Place

  Germi

• Topic

  Art, Hauge collection, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Pottery, Ceramics

• Culture

  Iranians, Middle Easterners

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)