Jar with six vertical lugs

Jar of ovoid form with rounded shoulder tapering towards foot, broad neck, rounded rim and slightly recessed base. Six grooved vertical lugs on shoulder.
Clay: brown stoneware.
Glaze: red-brown with lustre, glossy, opaque; base and interior unglazed.
Decoration: none.

Historical period(s)
Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century
Medium
Stoneware with iron glaze
Dimensions
H x Diam (overall): 55 x 37.7 cm (21 5/8 x 14 13/16 in)
Geography
China, Guangdong province
Credit Line
Gift of Osborne and Gratia Hauge, and Victor and Takako Hauge
Collection
Arthur M. Sackler Collection
Accession Number
S2005.174
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Jar

Keywords
brown and black glaze, China, Hauge collection, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), stoneware
Provenance

From at least 1975 to 2005
Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge, and Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge [1]

From 2005
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge, and Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge in 2005

Notes:

[1] Object file. Acquired while Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge were living in Saigon (1972 or 1973-1975).

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Victor and Takako Hauge (1919-2013, 1923-2015)
Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge (1914-2004) and (died 2000)

Description

Jar of ovoid form with rounded shoulder tapering towards foot, broad neck, rounded rim and slightly recessed base. Six grooved vertical lugs on shoulder.
Clay: brown stoneware.
Glaze: red-brown with lustre, glossy, opaque; base and interior unglazed.
Decoration: none.

Published References
  • Louise Allison Cort, George Williams, David P. Rehfuss. Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia. Washington. .
  • Thomas Lawton, Thomas W. Lentz. Beyond the Legacy: Anniversary Acquisitions for the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. vol. 1 Washington, 1998. 208-211.
  • Marie-France Dupoizat. Recherches sur les Jarres en Asie du Sud-Est. Paris. pp. 511-512.
Collection Area(s)
Southeast Asian Art
Web Resources
Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia
Google Cultural Institute
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