Dish

Shallow bowl with upright rim, carved footring. Five spur marks on interior bottom.
Clay: buff grey stoneware.
Glaze: clear, transparent, finely crazed.
Decoration: painted with underglaze iron floral design enclosed by a circle on central medallion, three concentric circles below rim.

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Historical period(s)
Tran dynasty, 14th century
Medium
Stoneware with iron pigment under clear glaze
Dimensions
H x Diam (overall): 3.7 x 13.8 cm (1 7/16 x 5 7/16 in)
Geography
Northern Vietnam, Hai Duong province, Red River Delta kilns
Credit Line
Gift of Osborne and Gratia Hauge, and Victor and Takako Hauge
Collection
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Accession Number
S2005.83
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Dish

Keywords
clear glaze, flower, Hauge collection, iron pigment, stoneware, Tran dynasty (1225 - 1400), Vietnam
Provenance

From at least 1975 to 2005
Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge, and Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge [1]

From 2005
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge, and Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge in 2005

Notes:

[1] Object file. Acquired while Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge were living in Saigon (1972 or 1973-1975). Curatorial remarks indicate that some of the Northern Vietnamese pieces were acquired from Mr. Goh in Singapore or from Christie's New York.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Victor and Takako Hauge (1919-2013, 1923-2015)
Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge (1914-2004) and (died 2000)

Description

Shallow bowl with upright rim, carved footring. Five spur marks on interior bottom.
Clay: buff grey stoneware.
Glaze: clear, transparent, finely crazed.
Decoration: painted with underglaze iron floral design enclosed by a circle on central medallion, three concentric circles below rim.

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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