Bottle with two vertical ring handles

Object Details

• Description

  The bulbous jar has a narrow mouth and two small handles that extend from the mouth to the body. The brown glaze is fairly translucent and extends to an inch or two above the base. Incised concentric grooves on the upper body are filled with the glaze, and create decoration. The jar is wheel made, and the clay is a high fired stoneware.

• Provenance

  From 1960s to 1994

  Ken J.J. Baars, Surrey, England, acquired in Indonesia. [1]

  From 1994

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Ken J.J. Baars, Surrey, England. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See Curatorial Remark 6 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Ken J.J. Baars

• Origin

  Si Satchanalai, Sukhothai province, North-central Thailand

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1590s, 1500s

• Name

  Baars, Ken J.J.

• Place

  Sukhothai province, Si Satchanalai, Thailand

• Topic

  Art, Ayutthaya period (1351 - 1767), Stoneware, Brown and black glaze, Southeast Asian Art, Ceramics, Sawankhalok ware

• Culture

  Southeast Asians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)