Jar

Historical period(s)
Angkor period, 1075-1250
Medium
Stoneware with immature green glaze
Style
Ban Kruat ware
Dimensions
H x Diam (overall): 28.5 x 22.4 cm (11 1/4 x 8 13/16 in)
Geography
Northeast Thailand, Buriram province, Ban Kruat District, Ban Kruat kilns
Credit Line
Gift of Victor and Takako Hauge
Collection
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Accession Number
S1996.158
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Jar

Keywords
Angkor period (802 - 1431), Ban Kruat ware, green glaze, Hauge collection, stoneware, Thailand, WWII-era provenance
Provenance

To 1972
Unknown policeman, Ban Kruat, Thailand [1]

From 1972 to 1996
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge, given by unknown policeman, Ban Kruat, Thailand in 1972 [2]

From 1996
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge in 1976

Notes:

[1] Object file. According to Victor Hauge (in a telephone conversation on November 6, 1996), this jar was given to him by the Ban Kruat policeman who guided him around the kiln sites in 1972.

[2] See note 1.

Previous Owner(s)

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

Published References
  • Louise Allison Cort, Massumeh Farhad, Ann C. Gunter. Asian Traditions in Clay: The Hauge Gifts. Washington, 2000. p. 117, fig. 13.
  • Thomas Lawton, Thomas W. Lentz. Beyond the Legacy: Anniversary Acquisitions for the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. vol. 1 Washington, 1998. pp. 208-211.
Collection Area(s)
Southeast Asian Art
Web Resources
Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia
Google Cultural Institute
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