Rare Vietnamese Ly Dynasty Lotus-Petal Dish (11th -13th

Southeast Asian: Ceramics: Stoneware Pre 1492: item #1124173
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Very Rare Vietnamese Ly Dynasty Lotus-Petal Dish (11th - 13th Century)

This very rare and unusual "lotus-petal" dish dates to the 11th - 13th century. It is quite heavily-potted. Incised into the unglazed white stoneware body is a floral pattern surrounded by a band of "9"s that appear dark due to the pooling of the yellowish-brown glaze. This glaze is crackled and also covers the outer wall, sagging around the lower ... Click for details

Rare Vietnamese 14th / 15th Century Underglazed Bowl

Southeast Asian: Ceramics: Stoneware Pre 1492: item #1124172
M8875

Rare Vietnamese 14th / 15th Century Underglazed Bowl

This very rare bowl dates to the 14th - 15th century. It has an everted rim and is heavily-potted with a reddish-brown stoneware body, coated in a pale brown glaze that is very finely-crackled. Around the inner rim is a scrolling floral pattern in underglaze iron-brown. The glaze on the underside stops short of the fairly high footring. In the centre is an unglazed ... Click for details

Rare Vietnamese 14th Century Underglazed Bowl

Southeast Asian: Ceramics: Stoneware Pre 1492: item #1124171
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Rare Vietnamese 14th Century Underglazed Bowl

This rare stoneware bowl was made during the 14th Century. A white slip has been applied to the stoneware body and the underglaze design painted on using a low-grade cobalt resulting in bluish-brown colour. The transparent glaze has a greenish tint to it. In the centre of the bowl are "spur" marks, a result of such bowls being stacked on top of each in the kiln separated b... Click for details

Fine Thai 13th - 15th Century Incised Celadon Bowl

Southeast Asian: Ceramics: Stoneware Pre 1492: item #1115679
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Fine Thai 13th - 15th Century Incised Celadon Bowl

This sturdy stoneware bowl was made during the 13th - 15th centuries at one of the Sawankhalok kilns. It is "heavily-potted" with a flared rim and coated in a thick translucent crackled celadon glaze, the colour of which varies slightly around the carved outer wall. To the unglazed base is the circular mark of the pontil, on which this bowl was placed in the kiln dur... Click for details

Fine Thai 13th - 15th Century Incised Celadon Bowl

Southeast Asian: Ceramics: Stoneware Pre 1492: item #1115677
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Fine Thai 13th - 15th Century Incised Celadon Bowl

This sturdy stoneware bowl was made during the 13th - 15th centuries at one of the Sawankhalok kilns. It is "heavily-potted" and coated in a thick translucent greenish-blue crackled glaze. The inner surface is very attractively decorated with incised patterns featuring a flower head surrounded by circular geometric patterns, and parallel bands just below the rim, the ... Click for details

Thai 14th - 15th Century Deep Bowl with Fish Pattern

Southeast Asian: Ceramics: Stoneware Pre 1492: item #1115673
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Thai 14th - 15th Century Deep Bowl with Underglaze Fish Pattern

This attractive stoneware bowl was made during the 14th - 15th centuries at one of the Sukhothai kilns. It is quite "heavily-potted" and coated in a clear finely-crackled olive-green glaze. The central design in underglaze iron-brown is a fish within two circular bands. There are also decorative underglazed bands around the rim and outer wall. In its cent... Click for details

Large & Rare Khmer 12th - 13th Century Stoneware Jar

Southeast Asian: Ceramics: Stoneware Pre 1492: item #1115667
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Large & Rare Khmer 12th - 13th Century Glazed Stoneware Jar

This rare and "heavily-potted" stoneware jar was made during the 12th - 13th century. It is unusually large for its type. It has four loop handles placed equidistant around its shoulder and bands of decorative incised lines surrounding the upper body. The "blotchy" yellowish-brown glaze seems almost to have been carelessly applied, mostly to the upper body; t... Click for details

Sukhothai Ayutthaya Period Sawankhalok Glazed Alms Bowl

Southeast Asian: Ceramics: Stoneware Pre 1700: item #1107588

A substantial, Ayutthaya period (15th-16th century) Sawankhalok kilns alms bowl with stout, carved foot. Compare with the gift of Osborne and Gratia Hauge, and Victor and Takako Hauge to the Freer and Sackler Galleries of Asian art, Washington DC, object number S2005.280. A discovery from a Baltimore antiques center in the 90's - the present example is a bit more rustic than the museum example. The stoneware body of our smaller bowl (with somewhat less rounded sides) is burnt to an iron-orange c... Click for details

Burmese Bottle

Southeast Asian: Ceramics: Stoneware Pre 1700: item #1065028
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Very rare and previously undocumented Burmese jar with heavy cream glaze. I have no idea what the original purpose for this jar was, perhaps it was an oil lamp as there are wide set lugs as well as holes in the splayed out foot to fasten it down to something. This is one of the very few Burmese pieces I have seen in perfect condition (except for one bare spot on one of the lugs) there is no restoration. Nothing known about Burmese ceramics except that the only site where they have been recov... Click for details

Burmese Bottle

Southeast Asian: Ceramics: Stoneware Pre 1700: item #1058109
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Very rare light gray and brown glazed Burmese stoneware stemmed bottle. Most likely from from the Tak Hilltop Burial sites in Northwest Thailand. As yet the original kilns have not been discovered, but are thought to have originated in the vicinity former Mon city state of Pegu (Bago). Circa 14th/15th century. Condition: approximately 40% of the mouthrim has been restored. Dimensions: 9cm/3.5in height.