Dish with incised decoration

Dish with rounded side, notched flaring rim, bevelled footring and a black circular scar from tubular kiln support on recessed base. A crack extends from rim to interior bottom.
Clay: coarse, grey stoneware with black inclusions, oxidized to buff grey.
Glaze: grassy green, glossy, transparent, finely crazed; base unglazed.
Decoration: incised with a swirl on central medallion, cross-hatching bordered by rings on cavetto, undulating lines on rim, vertical lines bordered by rings on exterior body.

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Historical period(s)
Ayutthaya period, late 15th-16th century
Medium
Stoneware with celadon glaze
Style
Sawankhalok ware
Dimensions
H x Diam (overall): 9.7 x 32 cm (3 13/16 x 12 5/8 in)
Geography
North-central Thailand, Sukhothai province, Si Satchanalai, Sawankhalok kilns
Credit Line
Gift of Osborne and Gratia Hauge, and Victor and Takako Hauge
Collection
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Accession Number
S2005.268
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Dish

Keywords
Ayutthaya period (1351 - 1767), green glaze, Hauge collection, Sawankhalok ware, stoneware, Thailand
Provenance

From at least 1973 to 2005
Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge [1]

From 2005
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge in 2005 [2]

Notes:

[1] Object file. Acquired while Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge were living in Bangkok (1967-1972 or 1973). Major sources of acquisitions during this time were dealers in Bangkok, the weekend market in Bangkok, and vendors in Ayutthaya.

[2] Ownership of collected objects sometimes changed between the Hauge families.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Victor and Takako Hauge (1919-2013, 1923-2015)

Description

Dish with rounded side, notched flaring rim, bevelled footring and a black circular scar from tubular kiln support on recessed base. A crack extends from rim to interior bottom.
Clay: coarse, grey stoneware with black inclusions, oxidized to buff grey.
Glaze: grassy green, glossy, transparent, finely crazed; base unglazed.
Decoration: incised with a swirl on central medallion, cross-hatching bordered by rings on cavetto, undulating lines on rim, vertical lines bordered by rings on exterior body.

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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