Southeast Asia, Thailand, Sawankhalok (Si Satchanalai), ca. 15th century CE; Vietnam, Anamese (sometimes Annamese), ca. 15th to 16th century CE. A refined ensemble of 9 ceramic bowls - 8 Sawankhalok and 1 Anamese - all embellished with blue-painted floral, geometric, and abstract motifs on a lustrous white glaze. Each dish sits upon a ring-form base with walls that gracefully rise to a gently flared rim over a deep basin. The 8 Sawankhalok vessels present floral tondos at their centers, scrolling designs on their interior walls, hexagonal patterns on their exteriors. Alternatively, that Anamese bowl boasts stylized, phytomorphic decoration at the bottom of its basin, a band of squares on the interior of its rim, and spiraling vegetal designs with petaloid motifs on the exterior walls. Size (all similar in size): 5.9" W x 2.8" H (15 cm x 7.1 cm)

The Anamese bowl has been tested using thermoluminescence (TL) analysis and has been found to be ancient and of the period stated. A full printed and bound report is available to the buyer upon request.

Provenance: private Friday Harbor, Washington, USA collection, acquired prior to 2000

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#172574

Minor chips to rims of some. All have expected pitting and a few light abrasions. Otherwise, all are very nice with great craquelure to glaze. Anamese bowl has TL hole to bottom.