Provenance Information

between 1966/1970 - until early 1990s collection of Ken (J.J.) Baars (1924-2010), Surrey, United Kingdom; early 1990s - 2014 private collection, Boston, MA (purchased from Baars); (2014 with Zetterquist Galleries, New York (on consignment from private Boston collector); 2014 collection of Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (purchased through Zetterquist Galleries)

Exhibition Information

Zetterquist Galleries, New York, September 2014

Publication Information

n/a

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Cumulative facts and circumstances

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

It is an exceptional example of Vietnamese export ware that was widely distributed in Southeast Asia. It was collected between 1966-1970, when Mr. Baars was stationed in Indonesia as a geophysicist with Royal Dutch Shell until 1970, when he returned to the Netherlands along with his collection of Southeast Asian ceramics. This object also demonstrates the importance of this medium and form in the Vietnamese culture, particularly when held in dialogue with similar objects from other dynasties and/or cultures.