Jar with four horizontal lugs and incised decoration

The degraded condition of the glaze suggests that this piece may have been recovered from a shipwreck. Otherwise it is underfired.

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Historical period(s)
Ming dynasty, 15th-16th century
Medium
Stoneware with white slip under underfired iron glaze
Dimensions
H x Diam (overall): 15.2 x 14.3 cm (6 x 5 5/8 in)
Geography
China, Guangdong province
Credit Line
Gift of Osborne and Gratia Hauge, and Victor and Takako Hauge
Collection
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Accession Number
S2005.50
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Jar

Keywords
brown and black glaze, China, Hauge collection, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644), stoneware, white slip
Provenance

From at least 1975 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. Collected while Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge were living in Saigon (1972 or 1973-1975).

[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

The degraded condition of the glaze suggests that this piece may have been recovered from a shipwreck. Otherwise it is underfired.

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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