Jar with applied, incised, and combed decoration

Baluster-shaped jar with tall cylindrical neck, flaring flanged mouth, borad shoulder, tapering body, and flat disc-shaped base.
Clay: grey stoneware, oxidised to brownish grey.
Glaze: none. Fly-ash glaze accumulated on the surfaces of the neck and body of the jar facing the flame, but that “natural glaze” later flaked off, exposing the lighter gray surface of the clay body.
Decoration: applique heart-shaped coils and nubs on shoulder, incised bands below neck and on shoulder, incised lines alternate with combed wavy lines on foot.

Historical period(s)
Ayutthaya period, first half of 15th century
Medium
Unglazed stoneware
Style
Sawankhalok ware
Dimensions
H x Diam (overall): 38.6 x 30 cm (15 3/16 x 11 13/16 in)
Geography
North-central Thailand, Sukhothai province, Si Satchanalai, Ban Ko Noi kilns
Credit Line
Gift of Osborne and Gratia Hauge, and Victor and Takako Hauge
Collection
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Accession Number
S2005.240
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Jar

Keywords
Ayutthaya period (1351 - 1767), Hauge collection, Sawankhalok ware, stoneware, Sukhothai period (ca. 1219/1243 - 1378), Thailand, unglazed, WWII-era provenance
Provenance

From at least 1973 to 2005
Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge [1]

From 2005
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge in 2005 [2]

Notes:

[1] Object file. Acquired while Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge were living in Bangkok (1967-1972 or 1973). Major sources of acquisitions during this time were dealers in Bangkok, the weekend market in Bangkok, and vendors in Ayutthaya.

[2] Ownership of collected objects sometimes changed between the Hauge families.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

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

Description

Baluster-shaped jar with tall cylindrical neck, flaring flanged mouth, borad shoulder, tapering body, and flat disc-shaped base.
Clay: grey stoneware, oxidised to brownish grey.
Glaze: none. Fly-ash glaze accumulated on the surfaces of the neck and body of the jar facing the flame, but that "natural glaze" later flaked off, exposing the lighter gray surface of the clay body.
Decoration: applique heart-shaped coils and nubs on shoulder, incised bands below neck and on shoulder, incised lines alternate with combed wavy lines on foot.

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
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