Lamp

Hand-pinched from light gray, medium-textured clay. Uneven rim blackened with soot on edges.

Maker(s)
Artist: Oc Eo culture
Historical period(s)
Pre-Angkor period, 3rd-6th century
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
H x Diam (overall): 1.9 x 5.2 cm (3/4 x 2 1/16 in)
Geography
Southern Vietnam
Credit Line
Gift of Osborne and Gratia Hauge, and Victor and Takako Hauge
Collection
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Accession Number
S2005.185
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Lamp

Keywords
earthenware, Hauge collection, Pre-Angkor period (500 BCE - 802 CE), unglazed, Vietnam
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. Collected while Osborne and Gratia Hauge were living in Saigon (1972 or 1973-1975), most likely from a Vietnamese military officer stationed in the Mekong delta who recovered pots from the river and brought them to the Hauges on his trips to Saigon.

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

Hand-pinched from light gray, medium-textured clay. Uneven rim blackened with soot on edges.

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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