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

Jar

ca. 14th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jar, stoneware with black-brown glaze, inverted pear-shape with short, contracted neck and slightly spreading mouth, four small ring handles on the shoulder


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with brown-black glaze
Brief description
Stoneware jar with brown-black glaze, Thailand, ca. 14th century
Physical description
Jar, stoneware with black-brown glaze, inverted pear-shape with short, contracted neck and slightly spreading mouth, four small ring handles on the shoulder
Dimensions
  • Height: 36.8cm
  • Diameter: 27.9cm
From register: Height 14 1/2 in.; Diameter 11 in.
Gallery label
  • SIAMESE (Sawankhalok) ; 12th - 13th century. C. 263-1927.
  • Jar. Stoneware with brown-black glaze. SIAMESE (SAWANKHALOK); probably 14th century. C.263-1927
Object history
Bought as part of a set (Nos. 215 to 283-1927)
Production
From register
Collection
Accession number
C.263-1927

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Record createdMay 14, 2009
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