H x W x D: 1.6 x 5.9 x 5.2 cm (5/8 x 2 5/16 x 2 1/16 in)
Style:
San Kamphaeng ware
Type:
Container
Origin:
San Kamphaeng, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Date:
14th-16th century
Period:
Lan Na period
Description:
Shape: Fragment of a section of the mouth of a large (approximately 20-cm diameter) covered box. Wheel thrown. The shard wall varies in thickness from 0.4 - 0.6 cm. The mouth of this covered box was potted in such a way that it would accept a shallow, overlapping ceramic lid of the sort represented by FSC-P-411. When these two shards are put together it is clear from the curve of their exterior walls that they represent related forms. The exterior of the mouth of this shard is glazed, indicating that it was fired separately from its counterpart lid.
Clay: The body is a relatively fine buff-colored clay with dark inclusions and many small air pockets.
Glaze: The shard is covered with a finely crazed, pale seawater-green celadon glaze both inside and out.
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.
