Vessel with round bottom, incised decor, and overall cord-wrapped paddle-impressed texture

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At A Glance

  • Period

    3600-1000 BCE
  • Geography

    Northeast Thailand
  • Material

    Earthenware with traces of white slip and red pigment, perhaps unintentionally blackened during firing
  • Dimension

    H x Diam (overall): 15 x 17.5 cm (5 7/8 x 6 7/8 in)
  • Accession Number

    S2004.13
  • EDAN ID

    edanmdm:fsg_S2004.13

Object Details

  • Description

    Globular earthenware vessel with everted rim. Texture impressed on body in diagonal pattern, using cord-wrapped paddle. Horizontal incised design on neck filed with white slip and red pigment.
  • Provenance

    From circa 1967-1973 to 2004
    Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge [1]
    From 2004
    Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge in 2004 [2]
    Notes:
    [1] Object file.
    Objects collected at this time by the Hauges largely came from dealers in Ayutthaya and Bangkok.
    [2] Ownership of collected objects sometimes changed between the Hauge families.
  • Collection

    National Museum of Asian Art Collection
  • Previous custodian or owner

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

    Northeast Thailand
  • Culture

    Ban Chiang culture, 4400-200 BCE
  • Credit Line

    Gift of Victor and Takako Hauge
  • Type

    Vessel
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