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
- 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)
- Usage conditions apply
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3fd8c9962-8780-48c4-bff0-26c3df75b96d
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