Object Details
- Description
- A large, wheel-made, rounded vessel of gray/yellow/white earthenware. The large, open mouth has a thick, slightly out-flaring rim. The body slopes down to a ring foot, and at the upper shoulder, ther is a pronounced ridge. The jar is decorated with a gray/black slip pinat on the upper body and shoulder. Above the shoulder ridge, is a register of alternating birds and linear/geometric designs. Beneath, the ridge are concentric bands of wavy and straight lines.
- Stephen P. Koob writes, "Scattered small chips are missing from around the rim and the ridge around the body. Severe exfoliation of the original surface has occurred on the interior, and combined with some white efflorescence on the lower body, indicates the probability of soluble salt contamination. Under the microscope, one of the birds appears to have been repainted, but it is unclear if it were done recently, or during manufacture." May 26, 1998.
- Provenance
- ?-2005
- Mr. and Mrs. Osborne (1914-2004) and Gratia Hauge (d. 2000) [1]
- From 2005
- The National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, by gift of Osborne and Gratia Hauge, and Victor and Takako Hauge [2]
- Notes:
- [1] 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 members of the Hauge families. See Deed of Gift, dated October 16, 2005, copy in object file. From 2005-2023 the work was part of the National Museum of Asian Art’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection and on March 21, 2023, the work was internally transferred to the National Museum of Asian Art Collection.
- Collection
- National Museum of Asian Art Collection
- Previous custodian or owner
- Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- ca. 2500 BCE
- Credit Line
- Gift of Osborne and Gratia Hauge
- Medium
- Earthenware
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 27.1 x 35.2 x 35.2 cm (10 11/16 x 13 7/8 x 13 7/8 in)
- Type
- Vessel
