Bowl

Bowl with rounded sides, upright rim and carved footring.
Clay: medium grey stoneware with white impurities; coarse and grainy.
Glaze: clear, glossy, transparent; marred by pinholes on both interior and exterior; foot and base unglazed.
Decoration: painted in underglaze iron pigment on thick creamy white slip; a dot encircled by two concentric circles on the centre, a concentric circle below the interior of the rim while three circles on the exterior.

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Historical period(s)
Ayutthaya period, 1522-1563
Medium
Stoneware with white slip and iron pigment under clear glaze
Style
Sukhothai ware
Dimensions
H x Diam (overall): 5.8 x 12.5 cm (2 5/16 x 4 15/16 in)
Geography
North-central Thailand, Sukhothai province, Sukhothai, Sukhothai kilns
Credit Line
Gift of Osborne and Gratia Hauge, and Victor and Takako Hauge
Collection
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Accession Number
S2005.303
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Bowl

Keywords
Ayutthaya period (1351 - 1767), clear glaze, Hauge collection, iron pigment, stoneware, Sukhothai ware, Thailand, white slip, 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)

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

Description

Bowl with rounded sides, upright rim and carved footring.
Clay: medium grey stoneware with white impurities; coarse and grainy.
Glaze: clear, glossy, transparent; marred by pinholes on both interior and exterior; foot and base unglazed.
Decoration: painted in underglaze iron pigment on thick creamy white slip; a dot encircled by two concentric circles on the centre, a concentric circle below the interior of the rim while three circles on the exterior.

Collection Area(s)
Southeast Asian Art
Web Resources
Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia
Google Cultural Institute
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