Ancient Southeast Asia, Thailand, Ban Chiang, ca. 300 BCE. A hand-built pottery jar of a sizable form with a broad foot, a carinated body, a gently corseted shoulder, and a flared rim surrounding the deep basin. The exterior features a cream-hued ground that is overlaid with intricate fineline spirals, inverted triangles, crosshatched motifs, and linear designs in vibrant red-orange pigment, all in the characteristic Ban Chiang decorative style. Size: 9.7" W x 10.3" H (24.6 cm x 26.2 cm)

Provenance: ex-Ashland University Museum, Ashland, Ohio, USA, donated to Ashland University between July 1994 to December 1998

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Repaired from multiple large pieces, with restoration to roughly 15% to 20% of foot, body, and rim, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines. Abrasions and light encrustations, with fading to pigment in scattered areas, and small nicks to rim and foot. Nice preservation to original pigment.