H x Diam (overall): 34.1 x 18.9 cm (13 7/16 x 7 7/16 in)
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Cambodia or Northeast Thailand
Date:
1177-1430
Period:
Angkor period
Description:
Bottle with pedestal foot, ovoid body, elongated neck, and everted rim with flange.
Wheel-thrown from flat disk and coils; assembled from separate body and foot; neck probably thrown from coil added to shoulder of vessel. Base flat, slightly wrinkled; trace of seam where coil joined around circumference. Neck broken and reattached, but appears to be original to piece. Vessel is heavy in proportion to size.
Clay: stoneware, medium gray where exposed, lighter gray where revealed by deteriorating glaze.
Decoration: On flattened shoulder, band of loosely scalloped combing with points facing downward. Horizontal row of individually applied buttons of clay, pressed into place with hollow cylindrical tool, creating raised central "dot" and circumference. Some buttons overlap where they were squeezed together.
Glaze: iron glaze, opaque, nearly black, with dull luster; very thick on shoulder, concealing combed design; extensively deteriorated over ornamental ridges and applied buttons; flaking especially on body; kiln debris adhering to shoulder. Glaze once extended to very edge of pedestal base. Runs only slightly into narrow neck.
Provenance:
From circa 1970-72 to 1996
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge [1]
From 1996
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge in 1996 [2]
Notes:
[1] Object file.
Most likely acquired from a dealer in Ayutthaya or Bangkok, circa 1970-1972.
[2] Ownership of collected objects sometimes changed between the Hauge families.
Collection:
National Museum of Asian Art Collection
Previous custodian or owner:
Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge ((1914-2004) and (1907-2000))
