Jar with four vertical lugs and incised decoration

Object Details

• Description

  Jar of ovoid form with rounded shoulder tapered towards foot and flat base, long neck, flared mouth with rolled rim, four grooved loop handles with pressed ends on shoulder.

  Clay: brown stoneware.

  Glaze: red-brown, glossy, marred by many pinholes and seashell scars, blistering on neck and mouth; unglazed interior.

  Decoration: decorated with seven bands of incised decoration begin from shoulder down to the foot: Flower heads in the first band, stylised 'bird in flight' design and undulating lines in the second band, flower head alternate with leafy spray in the central band, four bands of undulating lines on foot.

• Provenance

  From at least 1975 to 2005

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

  From 2005

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge, and Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge in 2005

  Notes:

  [1] Object file.

  Acquired while Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge were living in Saigon (1972 or 1973-1975).

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Storage Jars (March 15, 2014 to June 28, 2015)

  Taking Shape: Ceramics in Southeast Asia (April 1, 2007 to December 4, 2011)

• Previous custodian or owner

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

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

• Origin

  Phu Yen province, Central 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

  1700s, 1940s

• Name

  Hauge, Victor and Takako, Hauge, Osborne and Gratia

• Place

  Vietnam, Phu Yen province

• Topic

  Nguyen dynasty (1802 - 1945), Art, Animals, Hauge collection, Stoneware, Quang Duc ware, Brown and black glaze, Birds, Southeast Asian Art, Flowers, Restored Later Le dynasty (1533 - 1782), Tay Son dynasty (1778 - 1802)

• Culture

  Southeast Asians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)