H x W x D: 2.7 x 8.4 x 5.4 cm (1 1/16 x 3 5/16 x 2 1/8 in)
Style:
San Kamphaeng ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
San Kamphaeng, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Date:
14th-16th century
Period:
Lan Na period
Description:
Shape: Fragment of the neck and mouth of a stoneware jar. Wheel thrown. The jar was double-mouthed with one mouth opening into the body of the jar and a second, exterior mouth forming a surrounding trough. The exterior mouth section appears to have been luted onto the principal neck of the jar.
Clay: The 0.4 - 0.6 cm thick walls of the jar are of a coarse gray clay having many black inclusions and air pockets.
Glaze: Dark iron-brown.
Decoration: None.
Marks: None.
Provenance:
To 1956
Charles Nelson Spinks (1906-1980), collected in San Kamphaeng, Thailand. [1]
From 1956
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Nelson Spinks. [2]
Notes:
[1] See Study Collection catalogue card, Collections Management Office.
