Vessel with round bottom and overall cord-impressed texture

Object Details

• Description

  Globular earthenware vessel with everted rim. Vertical cord-impressed design on body. Horizontal incised design around neck of vessel.

• 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.

  According to conversation with Victor Hauge on 24 November 2003, Bangkok dealer Carol Woo was the source of many Ban Chiang pieces that the Hauges collected.

  [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

  Southern Khorat Plateau, Northeast Thailand

• Credit Line

  Gift of Victor and Takako Hauge

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  BCE 3000s, BCE 1000s

• Name

  Hauge, Victor and Takako

• Place

  Southern Khorat Plateau, Thailand

• Topic

  Art, Hauge collection, Pottery, Southeast Asian Art, Ceramics, Prehistoric peoples

• Culture

  Southeast Asians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)