Fragment from shoulder of iron-brown-glazed storage jar
Shape: Irregular fragment from the shoulder of a large storage jar. The shard is approximately 1.6 cm thick throughout. The jar wall was apparently divided into sections by means of raised horizontal ridges.
Clay: Coarse gray stoneware body with many rust-colored inclusions, some of them quite large. One substantial air pocket is visible. The unglazed portions of the inside of the jar wall oxidized a pinkish beige color where they were exposed to the kiln atmosphere.
Glaze: Very dark, almost black, unctuous glaze which has adhered well to the stoneware body. Portions of the underglaze incised designs are so thickly glazed as to be indistinct. The glaze did, however, run unevenly. One large area has no glaze adhering to it except for the glaze which has pooled in the incised designs.
Decoration: Underglaze incised petal lappets above the topmost horizantal raised band point toward the mouth of the jar, while combed scallop designs run below the band. There is a less pronounced horizontal band approximately 4.0 cm below the upper band.
Marks: “Angkor Thom” is written in pencil on one edge of the shard.
- Provenance
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To 1957
John A. Pope (1906-1982), Washington DC, collected between August 1956 and April 1957 in Angkor, Cambodia. [1]From 1957
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of John A. Pope, Washington DC [2]Notes:
[1] See Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record. See also “Ceramics in Mainland and Southeast Asia: Collections in the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery”, copy in object file, Collections Management Office.
[2] See note 1. See also object file, Collections Management Office.
- Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)
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Dr. John Alexander Pope 1906-1982
- Description
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Shape: Irregular fragment from the shoulder of a large storage jar. The shard is approximately 1.6 cm thick throughout. The jar wall was apparently divided into sections by means of raised horizontal ridges.
Clay: Coarse gray stoneware body with many rust-colored inclusions, some of them quite large. One substantial air pocket is visible. The unglazed portions of the inside of the jar wall oxidized a pinkish beige color where they were exposed to the kiln atmosphere.
Glaze: Very dark, almost black, unctuous glaze which has adhered well to the stoneware body. Portions of the underglaze incised designs are so thickly glazed as to be indistinct. The glaze did, however, run unevenly. One large area has no glaze adhering to it except for the glaze which has pooled in the incised designs.
Decoration: Underglaze incised petal lappets above the topmost horizantal raised band point toward the mouth of the jar, while combed scallop designs run below the band. There is a less pronounced horizontal band approximately 4.0 cm below the upper band.
Marks: "Angkor Thom" is written in pencil on one edge of the shard.
- Marking(s)
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"Angkor Thom" is written in pencil on one edge of the shard.
- Collection Area(s)
- Southeast Asian Art
- Web Resources
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