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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Jar

13th century-15th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jar, stoneware, partly covered with a dark purplish-brown glaze. Double gourd-shaped, with two small loop handles.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with brown glaze
Brief description
Stoneware jar with brown glaze, Thailand, 13th-15th century
Physical description
Jar, stoneware, partly covered with a dark purplish-brown glaze. Double gourd-shaped, with two small loop handles.
Dimensions
  • Height: 2.75in
  • Diameter: 2.125in
Gallery label
  • Bottle of brown stoneware, partly covered with a dark purplish-brown glaze. Found near the site of the ancient potteries at Sawankalok. Made not later than the 15th century and perhaps as early as the reign of Phra Ruang in the 13th century. SIAMESE. H. 2 3/4 in., diam. 2 1/8 in. Bought (Nos. 479 - 521, £220). 516-1906. Double gourd-shaped, with two small loop handles.(pre-1988)
  • Small jar with lug handles THAI (Sawankhalok); 15th - 16th century 516 - 1906 (RK. 1988)(1988)
Object history
Purchased from W. H. Fulham (Wallace Bros, 8 Austion Friars, EC), accessioned in 1906. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Found near kiln site. Made not later than the 15th century and perhaps as early as the reign of Phra Ruang in the 13th century. Bought in a set (Nos. 479 - 521, £22)
Collection
Accession number
516-1906

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Record createdMay 11, 2009
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