Vessel in the form of a stupa

Object Details

• Description

  Stupa-shaped vessel with base (a) and tower (b)

  Clay: buff stoneware.

  Glaze: wood-ash.

  Decoration: none.

• Provenance

  From at least 1973 to 2005

  Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge [1]

  From 2005

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

  Notes:

  [1] Curatorial notes: This object was collected in Thailand between 1967 and 1972 or 1973, while Osborne and Gratia Hauge were living in Bangkok.

  Gift to Victor Hauge from dealer Peng Seng, after Dean Frasche picked up the piece unaware that it was in two parts, dropped it and broke it.

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

• Origin

  Wang Nua kilns, Wang Nua, Lampang province, Thailand

• 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

  1600s, 1300s

• Name

  Hauge, Victor and Takako

• Place

  Lampang province, Wang Nua kilns, Thailand, Wang Nua

• Topic

  Art, Hauge collection, Stoneware, Wood-ash glaze, Southeast Asian Art, Ceramics, Wang Nua ware, Stupa, Lan Na period (1251 - 1774)

• Culture

  Buddhists, Southeast Asians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)