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Antique ceramic box with cover from the Sawankhalok kilns, Thailand

$500
£377.48
€433.05
CA$697.97
A$760.03
CHF 402.09
MX$9,165.63
NOK 5,116.01
SEK 4,677.11
DKK 3,234.19

About the Item

Antique ceramic box with cover from the Sawankhalok kilns, Thailand of shouldered globular form with a flat top having incised foliate vine plant decoration featured in a green/brown glaze with a raised nipple finial on center, the shoulder and body in a translucent white glaze with no incised decoration underneath stopping short of the neatly trimmed foot of a gray porcelaneous stoneware, the base with traces of the pontil firing scar in residue and depressions. The interior of the base with a thin translucent wash glaze, the interior of the lid unglazed. Tight fit of lid to base. Excellent condition. Measuring 3 inches high x 3-3/4 inches in diameter. (7.8cm x 9.5cm) Weight: 10 oz. (274g.) 14th/15th century. Ex Collection: by descent, Don Christensen, Penang, Malaysia. For similar examples see: Southeast Asian Ceramics: Ninth through Seventeenth Centuries, Dean F. Frasche, The Asia Society Gallery, New York, 1976., p. 66 #29 (Lent by Mr. Mrs. Dale Keller). Ceramic Art of Southeast Asia, The Southeast Asian Ceramic Society 1971, p.157, #239, Mr. Mrs. E.M.T. Lu. South-East Asian and Chinese Trade Pottery, The Oriental Ceramics Society of Hong Kong, 1979, pp. 254 - 255, #293. Seattle Art Museum, Gloria Gunn Prince collection, accession number 92.82.34 Asian Civilizations Museum, Singapore, accession number: 1992-00812 1992-00814 1992-00811 Prof. Dr. Roger Goepper, Legend and Reality: Early Ceramics from South-East Asia, 1977, #143. Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, 1990.133.a-.b
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 3 in (7.62 cm)Diameter: 3.75 in (9.53 cm)
  • Style:
    Tribal (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Ceramic,Glazed
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    14th/15th Century
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use. Excellent.
  • Seller Location:
    Point Richmond, CA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: TM-UH801431stDibs: LU1778240825742

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