Round-bodied pot with vertical grooves and everted rim

Object Details

• Description

  Small globular vessel with thick everted rim and vertical incised or cord-impressed design on body. Probably hand-formed, using a carved wooden paddle and anvil, although a seam appears to be present at midline, suggesting the use of a mold-forming process. The pot is heavy for its size.

• Previous custodian or owner

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

• 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.

• Origin

  Vietnam

• Credit Line

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

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  600s, 200s

• Name

  Hauge, Osborne and Gratia

• Place

  Vietnam

• Topic

  Unglazed, Art, Hauge collection, Pottery, Southeast Asian Art, Giao Chi period (43 - 544), Early Ly dynasty/Van Xuan period (544 - 602)

• Culture

  Southeast Asians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)