Stand for a tripod incense burner

Round, flat mold-formed stand with three feet. Top surface irregularly contoured, with three small circular depressions, roughly corresponding to the location of feet on underside, probably meant to support feet of a tripod-shaped incense burner.

Historical period(s)
Nguyen dynasty, 19th century
Medium
Stoneware
Dimensions
H x Diam (overall): 3.2 x 14.2 cm (1 1/4 x 5 9/16 in)
Geography
Southern Vietnam
Credit Line
Gift of Osborne and Gratia Hauge, and Victor and Takako Hauge
Collection
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Accession Number
S2004.233
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic
Type

Stand for tripod incense burner

Keywords
China, Hauge collection, incense, Nguyen dynasty (1802 - 1945), stoneware, unglazed
Provenance

From 1972-1975 to 2004
Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge [1]

From 2004
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge in 2004

Notes:

[1] Object file. Collected by the Hauges in Saigon; most likely from a Vietnamese military officer stationed in the Mekong delta who recovered pots from the river. Possibly acquired on 15 June 1974, based on Gratia Hauge's handwritten note cellotaped to base.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge (1914-2004) and (died 2000)

Description

Round, flat mold-formed stand with three feet. Top surface irregularly contoured, with three small circular depressions, roughly corresponding to the location of feet on underside, probably meant to support feet of a tripod-shaped incense burner.

Published References
  • Louise Allison Cort, George Williams, David P. Rehfuss. Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia. Washington. .
  • Louis Malleret. La civilisation materielle d'Oc-Eo: L'Archeologie du Delta du Mekong. vol. XLII Paris. .
Collection Area(s)
Southeast Asian Art
Web Resources
Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia
Google Cultural Institute
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