Jar with four ornamental lugs and incised decoration

Jar with elongated ovoid body, short neck, rolled lip, flat base and four lugs on the shoulder.
Clay: brown stoneware.
Glaze: none.
Decoration: three incised rings below the neck.

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Historical period(s)
Nguyen dynasty, 19th-early 20th century
Medium
Unglazed stoneware
Dimensions
H x Diam (overall): 39.1 x 22 cm (15 3/8 x 8 11/16 in)
Geography
Central Vietnam
Credit Line
Gift of Osborne and Gratia Hauge, and Victor and Takako Hauge
Collection
Arthur M. Sackler Collection
Accession Number
S2005.178
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Jar

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

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

From 2005
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of 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). According to Marie-France Dupoizat (see Published References), it was purchased by Osborne and Gratia Hauge in Saigon in 1974. This information was provided by the Hauges when Dr. Dupoizat studied their collection in the mid-1980s.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

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

Description

Jar with elongated ovoid body, short neck, rolled lip, flat base and four lugs on the shoulder.
Clay: brown stoneware.
Glaze: none.
Decoration: three incised rings below the neck.

Published References
  • Louise Allison Cort, George Williams, David P. Rehfuss. Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia. Washington. .
  • Marie-France Dupoizat. Recherches sur les Jarres en Asie du Sud-Est. Paris. pp. 420 and 422.
Collection Area(s)
Southeast Asian Art
Web Resources
Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia
Google Cultural Institute
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