Bowl with fish design

Historical period(s)
Ayutthaya period, 1400-1460
Medium
Stoneware with white slip and iron pigment under clear glaze
Style
Sukhothai ware
Dimensions
H x Diam (overall): 7.1 x 25.2 cm (2 13/16 x 9 15/16 in)
Geography
Thailand, Sukhothai Province, Sukhothai
Credit Line
Gift of Orville Emory
Collection
Freer Study Collection
Accession Number
FSC-P-2606
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Bowl

Keywords
Ayutthaya period (1351 - 1767), fish, stoneware, Sukhothai ware, Thailand
Provenance

To 1965
Orville Emory, Falls Church, Virginia. [1]

From 1965
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Orville Emory, Falls Church, Virginia. [2]

Notes:

[1] See Collections department notes in the object record.

[2] See note 1.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Orville Emory

Published References
  • Roxanna M. Brown. The Ceramics of South-East Asia: Their Dating and Identification. Oxford in Asia Studies in Ceramics, 2nd ed. Singapore and New York. pl. 35.
  • Eric J. Zetterquist. Thai and Burmese Ceramics: Exhibition Dates, March 15th-April 6th, 1996. Exh. cat. New York. pl. 12.
  • William Willetts. Ceramic Art of Southeast Asia: First Annual Exhibition. Exh. cat. Singapore. pp. 136-7, pls. 163-68.
  • Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. Thai Ceramics: The James and Elaine Connell Collection. New York and Oxford. p. 148, pl. 125.
  • Honda Hiromu, Shimazu Noriki. The Beauty of Fired Clay: Ceramics from Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. Kuala Lumpur. pp. 182-3, pls. 236-8.
Collection Area(s)
Southeast Asian Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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