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15th century · Stoneware with iron-underglaze painted décor over a white slip · Asian Art

Pedestal bowls of this type are one of the high points in the ceramic aspirations of the Thai potters, represent a class of ceramic expressly emulating Southeast Asian metalwork. Such pedestal bowls served as presentation vessels for temple offerings. This example displays the use of a white slip over a coarse beige body, the signature body-features of ceramics produced at the kilns of Sukhothai, the first Thai kingdoms capital in north-central Thailand. This bowl has one of the most skillfully painted interiors of any ceramic from the Sukhothai kilns.

Artist

Unknown

Date

15th century

Medium

Stoneware with iron-underglaze painted décor over a white slip

Culture

North Central Thailand, Sukhothai

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James E Breece III, 2021