Fragment of the shoulder of a small brown-glazed bottle

Shape: Fragment of the shoulder and neck of a small stoneware bottle. Wheel thrown.
Clay: The body is a moderately coarse gray clay with dark inclusions. The wall of the shard is between 0.3 and 0.4 cm thick.
Glaze: Rich, iron-brown glaze.
Decoration: There is horizontal ribbing on the body of the bottle where potting lines were not smoothed away. The topmost horizontal line is located at the junction of the neck and shoulder of the bottle and appears to have been deliberately raised so as to catch the rich, chocolate-brown glaze which has pooled above it slightly.
Marks: None.

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Historical period(s)
Lan Na period, 14th-16th century
Medium
Stoneware with brown glaze
Style
San Kamphaeng ware
Dimensions
H x W x D: 1 x 4.1 x 3.3 cm (3/8 x 1 5/8 x 1 5/16 in)
Geography
Thailand, Chiang Mai, San Kamphaeng
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Nelson Spinks
Collection
Freer Study Collection
Accession Number
FSC-P-415
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Bottle (fragment)

Keywords
Lan Na period (1251 - 1774), San Kamphaeng ware, stoneware, Thailand
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.

[2] See note 1.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Charles Nelson Spinks 1906-1980

Description

Shape: Fragment of the shoulder and neck of a small stoneware bottle. Wheel thrown.
Clay: The body is a moderately coarse gray clay with dark inclusions. The wall of the shard is between 0.3 and 0.4 cm thick.
Glaze: Rich, iron-brown glaze.
Decoration: There is horizontal ribbing on the body of the bottle where potting lines were not smoothed away. The topmost horizontal line is located at the junction of the neck and shoulder of the bottle and appears to have been deliberately raised so as to catch the rich, chocolate-brown glaze which has pooled above it slightly.
Marks: None.

Collection Area(s)
Southeast Asian Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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