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Jar

National Museum of Asian Art

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.
Label
This tall, slender jar with cobalt decoration of lionlike mythical creatures, peony scrolls, and lotus-petal panels was made at a kiln in the Red River delta of northern Vietnam. Its place of manufacture is confirmed by recent research that has identified the locations of several pottery centers in the delta. The ceramic products of those kilns, made with the fine white local clay, were traded to markets ranging from Japan to West Asia in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries; this jar was recovered in Indonesia.
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
Google Cultural Institute
NMAA Southeast Asia
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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)
Usage conditions apply
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3fd8c9962-8780-48c4-bff0-26c3df75b96d
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