Jar with four horizontal lugs

Jar of ovoid form with short neck, chipped rolled lip, slightly recessed base, four horizontal grooved lug handles on upper shoulder.
Clay: greyish buff stoneware.
Glaze: abraded brown glaze, matte, possibly underfired, applied over white slip; base unglazed.
Decoration: four stamped floral motifs on shoulder, incised undulating lines on body.

Historical period(s)
Northern Song or Southern Song dynasty, 12th century
Medium
Stoneware with remnants of white slip under degraded iron glaze
Dimensions
H x Diam (overall): 42.3 x 43.3 cm (16 5/8 x 17 1/16 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
S2005.22
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Jar

Keywords
brown and black glaze, China, Hauge collection, Southern Song dynasty (1127 - 1279), stoneware, white slip
Provenance

From 1972-1975 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. Dealers in Saigon were the major sources of pieces collected by the Hauges during this period.

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 short neck, chipped rolled lip, slightly recessed base, four horizontal grooved lug handles on upper shoulder.
Clay: greyish buff stoneware.
Glaze: abraded brown glaze, matte, possibly underfired, applied over white slip; base unglazed.
Decoration: four stamped floral motifs on shoulder, incised undulating lines on body.

Published References
  • Louise Allison Cort, George Williams, David P. Rehfuss. Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia. Washington. .
Collection Area(s)
Chinese Art
Web Resources
Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia
Google Cultural Institute
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