- Provenance
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From ca. 1968
Dorothy M. Slak, acquired ca. 1968 from Jakarta, Indonesia. [1]From 1986
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Dorothy M. Slak, Sarasota, Florida. [2]Notes:
[1] Curatorial Remark 5 in the object record.
[2] See note 1. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.
- Previous Owner(s)
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Mrs. Dorothy M. Slak
- Description
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Covered box with flattened lid and bud-shaped knob.
Clay: light gray stoneware with black flecks.
Glaze: translucent, bluish where thick; spill of extra glaze down one side of body; inside of lid, base and foot unglazed.
Decoration: incised concentric grooves around knob and base of body; painted in underglaze iron, radiating pointed forms on lid and vinescroll on body.
Mark: none.
- Collection Area(s)
- Southeast Asian Art
- Web Resources
- Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia
- Google Cultural Institute
- Rights Statement
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Copyright with museum