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

Jar

15th century-16th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jar with lug handles.
A slender ovoid-shaped bottle of pinkish-buff stoneware covered with a greyish-green glaze which stops short of the base. The bottle has a short constricted neck, with a thickened mouth, and two small loop handles from the neck to the shoulder. Three incised rings decorate the shoulder.
The footrim and the inside base are both unglazed.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with green glaze
Brief description
Stoneware jar with green glaze, Thailand, 15th-16th century
Physical description
Jar with lug handles.
A slender ovoid-shaped bottle of pinkish-buff stoneware covered with a greyish-green glaze which stops short of the base. The bottle has a short constricted neck, with a thickened mouth, and two small loop handles from the neck to the shoulder. Three incised rings decorate the shoulder.
The footrim and the inside base are both unglazed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.4cm
From register
Style
Gallery label
Jar with lug handles Stoneware with celadon glaze THAI (Sawankhalok); 15th - 16th century Mrs. B Z Seligman Bequest FE. 198 - 1974 (RK. 1988)(1988)
Object history
From Seligman collection.
Production
From register
Bibliographic references
  • Ayers, JG. The Seligman Collection. 1964 vol. 2, p. 293, pl. LXXX
  • Spinks, Charles Nelson. The Ceramic Wares of Siam, Bangkok: Siam Society, 1965. 211 p., ill. ASIN B0016N435S
Collection
Accession number
FE.198-1974

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Record createdMay 18, 2009
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