Jar with four horizontal lugs

Object Details

• Description

  Jar of ovoid form with short neck, chipped rolled lip, slightly recessed base, four horizontal grooved lug handles on upper shoulder.

  Clay: greyish buff stoneware.

  Glaze: abraded brown glaze, matte, possibly underfired, applied over white slip; base unglazed.

  Decoration: four stamped floral motifs on shoulder, incised undulating lines on body.

• Provenance

  From 1972-1975 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. Dealers in Saigon were the major sources of pieces collected by the Hauges during this period.

• 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

  Guangdong province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Osborne and Gratia Hauge, and Victor and Takako Hauge

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  1100s

• Name

  Hauge, Victor and Takako, Hauge, Osborne and Gratia

• Place

  China, Guangdong province

• Topic

  Art, White slip, Hauge collection, Stoneware, Chinese Art, Brown and black glaze, Southern Song dynasty (1127 - 1279)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)