Covered box
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Period
16th century -
Geography
Si Satchanalai, Sukhothai province, Thailand -
Material
Stoneware with iron pigment under clear glaze -
Dimension
H x W x D: 2.7 x 3.3 x 3.3 cm (1 1/16 x 1 5/16 x 1 5/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1989.46a-b -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1989.46a-b
Object Details
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Description
Small round box with domed lid, mangosteen fruit stalk handle with four sepals, rounded base, flat bottom.Clay: coarse, light brown with black speckles.Glaze: clear, shiny on outside of lid and upper body; caramel glaze over handle; brown glaze inside body; inside of lid, lower body, and base unglazed.Decoration: in underglaze iron.Mark: none. -
Provenance
From 1959Dean Frasché, collected in 1959 from Sawankhalok kiln site, Thailand. [1]To 1989Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Dean Frasché, Greenwich, Connecticut. [2]Notes:[1] Curatorial Remark 3 in the object record.[2] See note 1.Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920, Collections Management Office. -
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection -
Previous custodian or owner
Dean Frasché (1906-1994) -
Origin
Si Satchanalai, Sukhothai province, Thailand -
Credit Line
Gift of Dean Frasché -
Type
Container -
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