Dish with incised decoration

Object Details

• Description

  Dish with rounded side, notched flaring rim, bevelled footring and a black circular scar from tubular kiln support on recessed base. A crack extends from rim to interior bottom.

  Clay: coarse, grey stoneware with black inclusions, oxidized to buff grey.

  Glaze: grassy green, glossy, transparent, finely crazed; base unglazed.

  Decoration: incised with a swirl on central medallion, cross-hatching bordered by rings on cavetto, undulating lines on rim, vertical lines bordered by rings on exterior body.

• Provenance

  From at least 1973 to 2005

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

  From 2005

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

• Origin

  Sawankhalok kilns, Si Satchanalai, Sukhothai province, North-central 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

  1590s, 1400s

• Name

  Hauge, Victor and Takako

• Place

  Sukhothai province, Si Satchanalai, Sawankhalok kilns, Thailand

• Topic

  Art, Hauge collection, Green glaze, Ayutthaya period (1351 - 1767), Stoneware, Southeast Asian Art, Ceramics, Sawankhalok ware

• Culture

  Southeast Asians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)