Bottle with spout and combed decoration

Bottle of globuar form with short neck, flared mouth, flat base and a short tubular spout on the shoulder. Shell scars on the upper half of the body. The shells are possibly used as stacking tools in the firing.
Clay: brown stoneware.
Glaze: dark brown, glossy, opaque, sticky, marred with many pinholes.
Decoration: a series of combed rings below the neck.

Historical period(s)
Restored Later Le, Tay Son, or Nguyen dynasty, 18th-mid 20th century
Medium
Stoneware with iron glaze
Style
Quang Duc ware
Dimensions
H x Diam (overall): 18.1 x 18.8 cm (7 1/8 x 7 3/8 in)
Geography
Central Vietnam, Phu Yen province, Tuy An district, Quang Duc village
Credit Line
Gift of Osborne and Gratia Hauge, and Victor and Takako Hauge
Collection
Arthur M. Sackler Collection
Accession Number
S2005.169
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Bottle

Keywords
brown and black glaze, Hauge collection, Nguyen dynasty (1802 - 1945), Quang Duc ware, Restored Later Le dynasty (1533 - 1782), stoneware, Tay Son dynasty (1778 - 1802), Vietnam
Provenance

Between 1972/3-1975 to 2005
Mr. and Mrs. Victor (1919-2013) and Takako Hauge (1923-2015), probably acquired in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam [1]

From 2005
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Gift of Osborne and Gratia Hauge, and Victor and Takako Hauge [2]

Notes:
[1] Probably acquired when Osborne and Gratia Hauge were living in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam, from 1972 or 1973 until 1975. Victor and Takako Hauge visited Osborne and Gratia on various occasions and probably acquired this object during one of their visits. The Hauge family generally acquired Vietnamese ceramics in Vietnam. See notes by Louise Cort, “Information transcribed from notes taken during visits to the home of Victor and Taka Hauge […] and the adjacent ‘Southeast Asia House,’ 1 June 2001. Conversation with Osborne (Bud) Hauge and with Victor and Taka Hauge,” dated 2001-2013, pp. 6-8, copy in object file.

The Hauge family began collecting Asian paintings, sculpture, and ceramics in the late 1940s and would amass a large collection in the post-World War II years.

[2] Ownership of collected objects sometimes changed between the Hauge families. See Deed of Gift, dated October 16, 2005, copy in object file.

Research updated November 22, 2022

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

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

Description

Bottle of globuar form with short neck, flared mouth, flat base and a short tubular spout on the shoulder. Shell scars on the upper half of the body. The shells are possibly used as stacking tools in the firing.
Clay: brown stoneware.
Glaze: dark brown, glossy, opaque, sticky, marred with many pinholes.
Decoration: a series of combed rings below the neck.

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
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