Large bowl, piece of rim missing

Light gray stoneware with incised decoration. A large, heavy bowl with straight rim and a carved footrim. Light gray stoneware, deep pink biscuit, grey inside the scar of the tubular kiln support. Covered with a crazed, olive green celadon glaze which stops short of the footrim. Turned lines below the rim and at the bottom of the cavetto enclose an incised trellis pattern on the cavetto. In the center is a circle. The outside wall with gouged vertical flutings and turned lines below the rim.

Historical period(s)
Ayutthaya period, 14th-15th century
Medium
Stoneware, light gray with celadon glaze
Style
Sawankhalok ware
Dimensions
H x Diam (overall): 10 x 22 cm (3 15/16 x 8 11/16 in)
Geography
Thailand, Sukhothai, Si Satchanalai
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Nelson Spinks
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Study Collection
Accession Number
FSC-P-4745
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Bowl

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

1965
Excavated from Ban Tao Thuriang, Thailand. [1]

To 1969
Charles Nelson Spinks. [2]

From 1969
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Nelson Spinks. [3]

Notes:

[1] See Louise Cort’s note under Curatorial Remark 4 in the object record.

[2] See Elizabeth Duley’s note under Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.

[3] See note 2.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Charles Nelson Spinks 1906-1980

Description

Light gray stoneware with incised decoration. A large, heavy bowl with straight rim and a carved footrim. Light gray stoneware, deep pink biscuit, grey inside the scar of the tubular kiln support. Covered with a crazed, olive green celadon glaze which stops short of the footrim. Turned lines below the rim and at the bottom of the cavetto enclose an incised trellis pattern on the cavetto. In the center is a circle. The outside wall with gouged vertical flutings and turned lines below the rim.

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