Medium:

Stoneware with iron and opaque white glazes

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 8.2 x 9.8 x 9.8 cm (3 1/4 x 3 7/8 x 3 7/8 in)

Style:

Sawankhalok ware

Type:

Container

Origin:

Ban Pa Yang kilns, Si Satchanalai, Sukhothai province, Thailand

Date:

late 15th-16th century

Period:

Ayutthaya period

Description:

Covered box with flattened lid and bud-shaped knob.

Clay: light gray stoneware with black flecks.

Glaze: extremely thin, transparent.

Decoration: incised and painted in iron: vinescroll on top of lid; chevrons on shoulder of lid; vinescroll on body.

Mark: none.

Provenance:

From ca. 1968

Dorothy M. Slak, acquired ca. 1968 from Jakarta, Indonesia. [1]

From 1986

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Dorothy M. Slak, Sarasota, Florida. [2]

Notes:

[1] Curatorial Remark 6 in the object record.

[2] See note 1.

Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.

Collection:

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Previous custodian or owner:

Ms. Dorothy M. Slak

Topic:

ceramic  Search this

Sawankhalok ware  Search this

Thailand  Search this

Ayutthaya period (1351 - 1767)  Search this

stoneware  Search this

Southeast Asian Art  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Dorothy M. Slak

Accession Number:

F1986.48a-b

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Related Online Resources:

Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia

Google Arts & Culture

NMAA Southeast Asia

See more items in:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

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EDAN-URL:

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