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Medium:
Stoneware with white slip under underfired iron glaze
Dimensions:
H x Diam (overall): 15.2 x 14.3 cm (6 x 5 5/8 in)
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Guangdong province, China
Date:
15th-16th century
Period:
Ming dynasty
Description:
The degraded condition of the glaze suggests that this piece may have been recovered from a shipwreck. Otherwise it is underfired.
Provenance:
From at least 1975 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.
Collected while Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge were living in Saigon (1972 or 1973-1975).
[2] Ownership of collected objects sometimes changed between the Hauge families.
Collection:
National Museum of Asian Art Collection
Previous custodian or owner:
Victor and Takako Hauge ((1919-2013) and (1923-2015))
Topic:
ceramic  Search this
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)  Search this
China  Search this
stoneware  Search this
brown and black glaze  Search this
white slip  Search this
Southeast Asian Art  Search this
Hauge collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Osborne and Gratia Hauge, and Victor and Takako Hauge
Accession Number:
S2005.50
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Related Online Resources:
Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia
Google Cultural Institute
See more items in:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3e80ee292-8004-4be1-8855-2e13ee46f43b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_S2005.50