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Object Details
- Description
- Clay: white stoneware.
- Glaze: colorless glaze on body; iron-oxide wash on base.
- Decoration: On neck, band of "treasure" lattice. On shoulder, three mythical beasts (baize) alternating with four-pronged clouds whose centers resemble the fungus of immortality, the space filled by smaller flame-like clouds and wish-granting jewels, some enclosed by flames and others not. On upper half of body,scrolling vine enclosing four open peony blossoms. On lower body, elongated lotus-panels enclosing pendant floral motifs. Above foot, band of pendant cloud-collar forms.
- Provenance
- From at least 1970 to 1992
- Ken J.J. Baars, Surrey, England, acquired from a private collector in Southeast Asia, from at least 1970 [1]
- From 1992
- Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Ken J.J. Baars in 1992
- Notes:
- [1] Ken J.J. Baars acquired this object between 1966 and 1970, while he was working in Southeast Asia. The object was shipped to Holland in 1970 (see Curatorial Note 6 in the object record).
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Vietnam's Ceramics: Depth and Diversity (July 11, 2015 - July 10, 2016)
- Vietnamese Ceramics from the Red River Delta (July 10, 2005 to November 15, 2009)
- America Meets Asia at the Freer Gallery of Art (May 9, 1993 to June 2, 1998)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Ken J.J. Baars
- Credit Line
- Purchase — funds provided by the Friends of Asian Arts and the Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program
- 15th century
- Period
- Later Le dynasty
- Accession Number
- F1992.12
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Stoneware with cobalt pigment under clear glaze; iron pigment on base
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 37 x 23.5 x 23.5 cm (14 9/16 x 9 1/4 x 9 1/4 in)
- Origin
- Red River Delta kilns, Hai Duong province, Vietnam
- On View
- Freer East Corridor: Looking Out, Looking In: The Art of Late Imperial China
- Related Online Resources
- Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia
- F|S Southeast Asia
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- ceramic
- flower
- peony
- Vietnam
- Later Le dynasty (1428 - 1527)
- stoneware
- Southeast Asian Art
- Record ID
- fsg_F1992.12
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3fd8c9962-8780-48c4-bff0-26c3df75b96d
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