Vessel with round bottom and paddle-impressed design

Object Details

• Description

  Steep-sided bowl with everted rim and cord-impressed texture on lower portion. Formed by hand using cord-wrapped paddle and anvil.

• Provenance

  From 1972-1975 to 2004

  Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge [1]

  From 2004

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge in 2004

  Notes:

  [1] Object file. Collected by the Hauges in Saigon; most likely from a Vietnamese military officer stationed in the Mekong delta who recovered pots from the river.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge ((1914-2004) and (1907-2000))

• Origin

  Mekong River Delta, Southern Vietnam

• Credit Line

  Gift of Osborne and Gratia Hauge, and Victor and Takako Hauge

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  600s, 200s

• Name

  Hauge, Osborne and Gratia

• Place

  Mekong River Delta, Vietnam

• Topic

  Unglazed, Art, Hauge collection, Pottery, Southeast Asian Art, Pre-Angkor period (500 BCE - 802 CE)

• Culture

  Southeast Asians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)