Vessel in the form of a mythical beast

Object Details

• Description

  Hand modelled mythical beast with four legs (feet broken off), curly tail, wide open mouth, accessories on chest and a protuberance on forehead. A crack on neck.

  Clay: grey stoneware with black inclusions.

  Glaze: celadon, glossy, crazed.

  Decoration: none.

• Provenance

  1930’s

  Brought to the United States for the Pan Pacific Exposition in San Francisco

  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] Purchased from Sotheby’s in New York.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

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

• Origin

  Ban Pa Yang 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

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• Date

  1590s, 1400s

• Name

  Hauge, Victor and Takako

• Place

  Ban Pa Yang kilns, Sukhothai province, Si Satchanalai, Thailand

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Southeast Asians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)