Vessel with round bottom

Object Details

• Description

  Earthenware vessel with incised geometric designs and largely black surface, damaged during firing.

• Label

  This modern vessel imitates aspects of form, decoration, and firing techniques associated with vessels from the Early Period of the Ban Chiang tradition (such as S2004.14). The discoveries and excavations at the Ban Chiang site inspired local potters to produce imitations like this one for the antiquities market.

• 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

  Udon Thani Province, Thailand

• Culture

  Ban Chiang culture, 4400-200 BCE

• Credit Line

  Gift of Victor and Takako Hauge

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1960s

• Name

  Hauge, Victor and Takako

• Place

  Udon Thani Province, Thailand

• Topic

  Art, Hauge collection, Pottery, Blackening, Southeast Asian Art, Forgery, Ceramics, Ban Chiang culture (ca. 4400 BCE - 200 CE), Ban Chiang ware

• Culture

  Ban Chiang culture, Southeast Asians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)