Lid

Object Details

• Description

  Dish-shaped lid with a lotus bud knob.

  Clay: buff orange earthenware.

  Glaze: none.

• Provenance

  ?-2005

  Mr. and Mrs. Osborne (1914-2004) and Gratia Hauge (d. 2000) [1]

  From 2005

  The National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, by gift of Osborne and Gratia Hauge, and Victor and Takako Hauge [2]

  Notes:

  [1] The Hauge family began collecting Asian paintings, sculpture, and ceramics in the late 1940s and would amass a large collection in the post-World War II years.

  [2] Ownership of collected objects sometimes changed between members of the Hauge families. See Deed of Gift, dated October 16, 2005, copy in object file. From 2005-2023 the work was part of the National Museum of Asian Art’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection and on March 21, 2023, the work was internally transferred to the National Museum of Asian Art Collection.

• 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

  Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge ((1914-2004) and (1907-2000))

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

• Origin

  Sawankhalok or Maenam Noi kilns, Sukhothai or Singburi province, North-central Thailand

• Credit Line

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

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1590s, 1400s

• Name

  Hauge, Victor and Takako, Hauge, Osborne and Gratia

• Place

  Sukhothai, Singburi province, Sawankhalok, Thailand, Maenam Noi kilns

• Topic

  Unglazed, Art, Hauge collection, Ayutthaya period (1351 - 1767), Pottery, Southeast Asian Art, Ceramics, Sawankhalok ware, Maenam Noi ware

• Culture

  Southeast Asians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)