Jar with eight vertical lugs, incised and applied decoration

Object Details

• Description

  Jar of ovoid form with tall neck, flared mouth and flatten rim. A circular clay pad attached to recessed base. Eight grooved loop handles with thumb-pressed ends on shoulder.

  Clay: buff stoneware.

  Glaze: caramel, low gloss, transparent; base and interior unglazed.

  Decoration: six incised rings and four applique flower design on neck, eight auspicious objects in low relief alternate with loop handles on shoulder, right above a band of applique rosette. Below this band is a row of raised cloud collars. Two pairs of incised upright dragon confronting a flaming pearl in alternate with a peony spray and plum blossom on body. A band of bosses above foot.

• 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))

• Provenance

  From circa 1972-1975 to 2005

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

  From 2005

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge, and Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge in 2005

  Notes:

  [1] Object file.

  This object was collected in Vietnam between 1972 or 1973 and 1975, while Osborne and Gratia Hauge were living in Saigon. The major sources were dealers in Saigon.

• Origin

  possibly Shiwan kilns, Guangdong 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

  1600s, 1790s

• Name

  Hauge, Victor and Takako, Hauge, Osborne and Gratia

• Place

  China, Guangdong province, Shiwan kilns

• Topic

  Art, Peony, Hauge collection, Stoneware, Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Shiwan ware, Brown and black glaze, Flowers, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644), Dragon, Plum blossom

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)