Bottle with straight neck and two round handles

Object Details

• Provenance

  From 1957

  John A. Pope (1906-1982), Washington DC, collected in Thailand. [1]

  From at least 1982

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of John A. Pope, Washington D.C, accessioned in 1982. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See Curatorial Remarks 1 and 2 in the object record. See also John A. Pope Papers, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

  [2] While John A. Pope collected the piece in 1957, according to Collections Management record the object was accessioned into the Study Collection in 1982. See also note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dr. John Alexander Pope (1906-1982)

• Origin

  Chiang Rai province, Thailand

• Credit Line

  Gift of John A. Pope

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1590s, 1300s

• Name

  Pope, John Alexander

• Place

  Chiang Rai province, Thailand

• Topic

  Art, Stoneware, Southeast Asian Art, Ceramics, Kalong ware, Lan Na period (1251 - 1774)

• Culture

  Southeast Asians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)