Bowl

Sherd of a bowl, thinnly potted with carved footring. Clay: pale grey stoneware. Glaze: grey, slightly translucent; base unglazed. Decoration: in underglaze iron black; interior: floral design on central medallion, three rings on rim; exterior: four rings round the rim. Two clay fragments fused to the interior.

Historical period(s)
Lan Na period, 15th-17th century
Medium
Glazed stoneware with underglaze iron pigment
Style
Kalong ware
Dimensions
H x W x D: 5.3 x 11.8 x 8.5 cm (2 1/16 x 4 5/8 x 3 3/8 in)
Geography
Thailand, Chiang Rai, Kalong, San Maket
Credit Line
Gift of Victor and Takako Hauge
Collection
Freer Study Collection
Accession Number
FSC-P-6582
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic
Type

Fragment of a bowl

Keywords
flower, Hauge collection, Kalong ware, Lan Na period (1251 - 1774), stoneware, Thailand
Provenance

From 1970-72 to 2001
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge [1]

From 2001
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge in 2001

Notes:

[1] Object file. Collected by Victor Hauge on visits to the U Thong kiln sites in Bangkok, Thailand.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

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

Description

Sherd of a bowl, thinnly potted with carved footring. Clay: pale grey stoneware. Glaze: grey, slightly translucent; base unglazed. Decoration: in underglaze iron black; interior: floral design on central medallion, three rings on rim; exterior: four rings round the rim. Two clay fragments fused to the interior.

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