Beak-spouted jar

Object Details

Label: With its arresting form, high technical quality, and simple, elegant surface decoration, this jar exemplifies many of the most distinctive features of ancient Iranian ceramics. Superb testimony to the skill of ancient Iranian potters, these vessels often evoke in whimsical fashion the forms and features of birds and other animals.
Provenance: ?-2005; Mr. and Mrs. Osborne (1914-2004) and Gratia Hauge (d. 2000) [1]; From 2005; The National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, by gift of Osborne and Gratia Hauge, and Victor and Takako Hauge [2]; Notes:; [1] The Hauge family began collecting Asian paintings, sculpture, and ceramics in the late 1940s and would amass a large collection in the post-World War II years.; [2] Ownership of collected objects sometimes changed between members of the Hauge families. See Deed of Gift, dated October 16, 2005, copy in object file. From 2005-2023 the work was part of the National Museum of Asian Art’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection and on March 21, 2023, the work was internally transferred to the National Museum of Asian Art Collection.
Collection: National Museum of Asian Art Collection
Exhibition History: Asian Traditions in Clay: The Hauge Gifts (October 29, 2000 to April 22, 2001)
Previous custodian or owner: Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge

Related Online Resources: Google Cultural Institute
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Topic: ceramic; Iron Age I (ca. 1450 - 1250 BCE); Iron Age II (ca. 1250 - 800 BCE); Iran; earthenware; Ancient Near Eastern Art; Hauge collection

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3023f1f5e-7648-4321-8c32-f5c534014bac