Water bottle
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Period
19th-mid 20th century -
Geography
Burma, Laos, or Northern Thailand -
Material
Earthenware, blackened in firing -
Dimension
H x Diam (overall): 28.5 x 16.8 cm (11 1/4 x 6 5/8 in) -
Accession Number
S2005.208 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_S2005.208
Object Details
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Description
Bottle composed of three sections above tall, splayed pedestal foot: Compressed globular body, shoulder and tubular neck tapered towards a chipped mouth. Several cracks on neck, a loss and a hole pierced through the footring.Clay: light grey earthenware.Glaze: none. Surface burnished and blackened by reduction firing.Decoration: rows of roulette design encircled the neck and shoulder, four rows of dotted marks on pedestal foot; three incised horizontal lines on neck; one tier of carved lotus petals below neck, two tiers above ribbed body. -
Provenance
From at least 1973 to 2005Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge [1]From 2005Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge in 2005 [2]Notes:[1] Object file.Acquired while Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge were living in Bangkok (1967-1972 or 1973).Major sources of acquisitions during this time were dealers in Bangkok, the weekend market in Bangkok, and vendors in Ayutthaya.[2] Ownership of collected objects sometimes changed between the Hauge families. -
Collection
National Museum of Asian Art Collection -
Exhibition History
Taking Shape: Ceramics in Southeast Asia (April 1, 2007 to December 4, 2011) -
Previous custodian or owner
Victor and Takako Hauge ((1919-2013) and (1923-2015)) -
Origin
Burma, Laos, or Northern Thailand -
Credit Line
Gift of Osborne and Gratia Hauge, and Victor and Takako Hauge -
Type
Vessel -
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