Jar, c. 5th-2nd century BCE
Unknown artist, Vietnamexpand_more
Black earthenware with red pigments and impressed decorexpand_more
The Alan and Dena Naylor Southeast Asian Art Fundexpand_more 2001.31.1
Not on Viewexpand_more
Iron age earthenware objects exhibit a number of local variations in south central Vietnam. The group shown here, when compared to other Sa Huyn ceramics, displays a finer workmanship; with balanced shapes, precise potting, neatly impressed and incised designs, carefully applied and partially burnished surfaces. The amount of decoration and the fact that all four jars were retrieved from the same burial indicates that they served a ritual or ceremonial purpose. More elaborate then everyday utilitarian ware, they likely held food for the deceased in the afterlife.
In building the ancient Southeast Asian collections, the Asian department has relied heavily on private donors who have reacted quickly to market opportunities on behalf of the museum.
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