Cup

Small cup with rounded sides, everted rim, and low foot. Gray stoneware clay. Celadon, dark olive-green, crackled glaze.

Historical period(s)
Later Le or Mac dynasty, 16th century
Medium
Stoneware with celadon glaze
Dimensions
H x Diam: 5 × 9 cm (2 × 3 9/16 in)
Geography
Vietnam, Hai Duong province, Red River delta kilns
Credit Line
Gift of Sherry Peters Matz and children
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Study Collection
Accession Number
FSC-P-4255
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Cup

Keywords
green glaze, Later Le dynasty (1428 - 1527), Vietnam
Provenance

From 1971-1975 to 1994
Sherry Peters Matz, Arlington, VA, acquired in Indonesia in 1971-1975 [1]

From 1994
Freer Gallery of Art, given by Sherry Peters Matz and children in 1994

Notes:

[1] According to Curatorial Note 4, Louise Cort, February 9, 2011, in the object record.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Mrs. Sherry Peter Matz

Description

Small cup with rounded sides, everted rim, and low foot. Gray stoneware clay. Celadon, dark olive-green, crackled glaze.

Collection Area(s)
Southeast Asian Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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