Object Details
- Description
- Shape: Shard consists of pieces of a curved, possibly round Vietnamese wall tile. The tile was probably part of a border segment. The foliated edge is modelled to mirror the underglaze lotus-petal decoration on the face of the tile. Length of the tile wall is 1.7 - 1.8 cm from the face of the tile to the base of the wall edge. The thickness of the tile face is 1.3 - 1.5 cm from the face to the back of the tile. Judging from potting marks on the back of the tile it appears to have been formed on a wheel, with the foliated edge having been carved after the tile was removed from the wheel.
- Clay: The light-gray clay body is extremely fine-grained but contains many air pockets, some of them quite large. There are very few inclusions.
- Glaze: The greenish cobalt decoration was painted on a milky white slip into which it suffused during firing. The slip and underglaze decoration were then covered with a clear glaze. The glaze and slip can be seen separately and clearly on the inside of the hollow tile.
- Decoration: Underglaze cobalt-blue painting of a lotus-petal band on the face of the tile. The cobalt pigment used to decorate this tile has a decidedly greenish tint.
- Marks: None.
- Provenance
- To 1957
- Abu Ridho, Jakarta, Indonesia. [1]
- 1957
- John A. Pope (1906-1982), Washington DC, gift of Abu Ridho, Jakarta, Indonesia. [2]
- From 1957
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of John A. Pope, Washington DC [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.
- [2] See note 1.
- [3] See note 1. See also object file, Collections Management Office.
- Collection
- Freer Study Collection
- Previous custodian or owner
- Abu Ridho (born 1927)
- Dr. John Alexander Pope (1906-1982)
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- 15th-16th century
- Period
- Later Le dynasty
- Credit Line
- Gift of John A. Pope
- Medium
- Stoneware with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 3 x 7.6 x 7 cm (1 3/16 x 3 x 2 3/4 in)
- Type
- Architectural Element
