Jar

Small jar with tapering neck and rounded rim, flattened shoulder and globular body.
Clay: fine gray stoneware.
Glaze: clear, large irregular crackle; slightly bluish where thicker.
Decoration: in underglaze cobalt; lotus-petal collar around shoulder, above faint double line; on body, three large four-petal flowers interspersed with sprays of foliage, bounded below by two faint double lines; near base, three abstract brush marks probably meant to be cloud scrolls.
Mark: none.

Historical period(s)
Later Le, Mac, or Restored Later Le dynasty, 15th-16th century
Medium
Stoneware with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
Dimensions
H x W x D: 6.6 x 8.5 x 8.5 cm (2 5/8 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in)
Geography
Vietnam, Hai Duong province, Red River Delta kilns
Credit Line
Gift of Dorothy M. Slak
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1986.43
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Jar

Keywords
cloud, cobalt pigment, flower, Later Le dynasty (1428 - 1527), Mac dynasty (1527 - 1592), Restored Later Le dynasty (1533 - 1782), stoneware, Vietnam, WWII-era provenance
Provenance
Provenance research underway.
Description

Small jar with tapering neck and rounded rim, flattened shoulder and globular body.
Clay: fine gray stoneware.
Glaze: clear, large irregular crackle; slightly bluish where thicker.
Decoration: in underglaze cobalt; lotus-petal collar around shoulder, above faint double line; on body, three large four-petal flowers interspersed with sprays of foliage, bounded below by two faint double lines; near base, three abstract brush marks probably meant to be cloud scrolls.
Mark: none.

Published References
  • Louise Allison Cort, George Williams, David P. Rehfuss. Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia. Washington. .
Collection Area(s)
Southeast Asian Art
Web Resources
Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia
Google Cultural Institute
F|S Southeast Asia
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