Jar

Object Details

• Description

  "Gunpowder jar" or "bullet jar," with thick rim (lightly ground down), angular shoulder, bevelled foot and concave base. Luting ring mark at midpoint of body indicating that body was formed in two stages. Vessel is heavy for its size, with thick lower walls.

  Clay: light grey stoneware.

  Glaze: pale bluish-green, glossy, translucent, crazed; base unglazed.

  Decoration: series of incised rings below neck.

• 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

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

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

• Origin

  Shaowu kilns, Fujian province, China

• 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

  1790s, 1550s

• Name

  Hauge, Victor and Takako, Hauge, Osborne and Gratia

• Place

  Shaowu kilns, China, Fujian province

• Topic

  Porcelain, Art, Hauge collection, Pale blue glaze, Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Ceramics, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644), Shaowu ware

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)