Southeast Asia, Thailand, Sawankhalok (Si Satchanalai), ca. 15th century CE. A gorgeous pottery bowl presenting a squat body with a rounded shoulder, brief, narrow neck, and flared rim, all sitting upon a ring-form base. A light green underglaze envelops the surface of the bowl, as the exterior is decorated with a navy-hued decorative program comprised of a thick horizontal register of alternating lotus flower motifs flanked above and below by 2 slender bands of swirling vegetal and abstract designs. Size: 10" in diameter x 4.875" H (25.4 cm x 12.4 cm)

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

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#166394

Chip to rim. Base is lightly abraded. Otherwise, intact and excellent with impressive remaining pigment, lovely craquelure to glaze, and nice encrustations.