Bowl on pedestal foot (pastiche)

Shallow dish with wide base and everted flattened rim (Ban Kao tradition), attached to pedestal foot (Ban Chiang tradition). Pastiche.
Clay: buff earthenware.
Decoration: on foot only, incised motifs filled with red pigment.

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Maker(s)
Artist: Ban Kao culture and Ban Chiang culture (4400-200 BCE)
Historical period(s)
Ban Kao culture and Ban Chiang middle period, 1000-300 BCE
Medium
Earthenware with red pigment
Dimensions
H x Diam (overall): 14 x 21.5 cm (5 1/2 x 8 7/16 in)
Geography
Thailand, Kanchanaburi province and Udon province
Credit Line
Gift of Victor and Takako Hauge
Collection
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Accession Number
S2004.53
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Bowl

Keywords
Ban Chiang culture (ca. 4400 BCE - 200 CE), earthenware, Hauge collection, red pigment, Thailand
Provenance

From circa 1967-1973 to 2004
Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge [1]

From 2004
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge in 2004 [2]

Notes:

[1] Object file. Objects collected at this time by the Hauges largely came from dealers in Ayutthaya and Bangkok.

[2] Ownership of collected objects sometimes changed between the Hauge families.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

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

Description

Shallow dish with wide base and everted flattened rim (Ban Kao tradition), attached to pedestal foot (Ban Chiang tradition). Pastiche.
Clay: buff earthenware.
Decoration: on foot only, incised motifs filled with red pigment.

Label

This vessel is a pastiche composed of a flat bowl from the Ban Kao tradition (Kanchanaburi province, western Thailand) with a tall pedestal foot of the Ban Chinag tradition (northeast Thailand).

Published References
  • Louise Allison Cort, George Williams, David P. Rehfuss. Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia. Washington. .
Collection Area(s)
Southeast Asian Art
Web Resources
Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia
Google Cultural Institute
F|S Southeast Asia
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