Oil Lamp

Oil lamp with a dish-shaped container and a stalk rising from the centre, a repair on rim, kiln debris fused to the interior.
Clay: grey stoneware.
Glaze: olive-green; rim and base unglazed.
Blue plastic tape with inscriptions “SK” on base.

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Historical period(s)
Lan Na period, 15th-17th century
Medium
Stoneware with green glaze
Style
San Kamphaeng ware
Dimensions
H x W x D: 14.8 x 13.9 x 13.9 cm (5 13/16 x 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in)
Geography
Thailand, Chiang Mai, San Kamphaeng
Credit Line
Gift of Victor and Takako Hauge
Collection
Freer Study Collection
Accession Number
FSC-P-6659
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Lamp (waster)

Keywords
green glaze, Hauge collection, Lan Na period (1251 - 1774), San Kamphaeng ware, stoneware, Thailand
Provenance

From 1970-72 to 2001
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge [1]

From 2001
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge in 2001

Notes:

[1] Object file. Collected by Victor Hauge on visits to the U Thong kiln sites in Bangkok, Thailand.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Victor and Takako Hauge (1919-2013, 1923-2015)
Sarah M. Bekker 1923-2013

Description

Oil lamp with a dish-shaped container and a stalk rising from the centre, a repair on rim, kiln debris fused to the interior.
Clay: grey stoneware.
Glaze: olive-green; rim and base unglazed.
Blue plastic tape with inscriptions "SK" on base.

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