Jar with two vertical ornamental lugs and combed decoration

Object Details

• Description

  Jar with ovoid body, trumpet-shaped neck, flanged mouth, flat base with parallel grooves left by using cord to separate the jar from a static potting surface. A repair on body.

  Clay: brown stoneware.

  Glaze: caramel, runny, mottled, opaque; base and interior (except the neck) unglazed.

  Decoration: two nubs and two series of combed horizontal lines on shoulder.

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

• Origin

  possibly Songkhram River basin kilns, Middle Mekong River network, Northeast Thailand or Laos

• 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

  1500s, 1890s

• Name

  Hauge, Victor and Takako

• Place

  Middle Mekong River network, Songkhram River basin kilns, Thailand, Laos

• Topic

  Art, Hauge collection, Stoneware, Lan Sang period (1271 - 1707), Brown and black glaze, Viang Chan (Vientaine) period (1707 - 1893), Southeast Asian Art, Ceramics

• Culture

  Southeast Asians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)