Pot with incised decoration

Bottle of compressed globular form with wide flared mouth and flat base blackened from cooking. Some black residue left inside the bottle.
Clay: earthenware.
Glaze: none.
Decoration: four panels of incised cross-hatchings bordered by two double incised lines on the exterior body; spaces between panels and neck painted with red earth pigment.

Historical period(s)
Nguyen dynasty, 19th-mid 20th century
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
H x Diam (overall): 12.8 x 16.7 cm (5 1/16 x 6 9/16 in)
Geography
Southern Vietnam
Credit Line
Gift of Osborne and Gratia Hauge, and Victor and Takako Hauge
Collection
Arthur M. Sackler Collection
Accession Number
S2005.205
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Bottle

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

Between 1972/3-1975 to 2005
Mr. and Mrs. Osborne (1914-2004) and Gratia Hauge (d. 2000), probably purchased in Thailand [1]

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

Notes:
[1] Acquired when Osborne and Gratia Hauge were living in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam, from 1972 or 1973 until 1975. 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.

When the Hauges acquired this object, they believed it to be Thai and the Hauge family generally acquired Thai ceramics in Thailand. See object list attached to Deed of Gift, dated October 16, 2005, p. 6, copy in object file. See also notes by Louise Cort mentioned above. In 2009, the museum identified the object as originating from Southern Vietnam. See notes “Curatorial Remarks Regarding Provenance and Place of Origin,” dated August 21, 2003-May 21, 2009, 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 21, 2022

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge (1914-2004) and (died 2000)

Description

Bottle of compressed globular form with wide flared mouth and flat base blackened from cooking. Some black residue left inside the bottle.
Clay: earthenware.
Glaze: none.
Decoration: four panels of incised cross-hatchings bordered by two double incised lines on the exterior body; spaces between panels and neck painted with red earth pigment.

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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