Accession Nr.: 4907
Type: miniature; pottery
Date of production:
14th – mid-16th century
Place of production:
Materials/Techniques: ceramics, underglaze iron
Dimensions: height: 5. 2 cm
diameter: 3. 9 cm
Sawankhalok ceramics. Hemispherical earthenware vessel with elongated neck, covered with light crackled glaze. At the base of the neck there is a dark brown ring decoration with a pattern of repeated brushstrokes below.




In the former town of Sawankhalok in northern and central Thailand, the pottery industry developed enormously in the period from the 14th to the mid-16th century. This was in part due to the sudden ban on the export of Chinese ceramics in 1371, during Ming dynasty rule. It was at this time that Vietnamese and Thai ceramics took the place of Chinese ceramics in Southeast Asian markets.
Typical pieces of the type were celadon glazed ceramics, learned from Chinese masters, but other types of glazes also existed.