Fragment of celadon-glazed cover for a ceramic box

Object Details

• Description

  Shape: Fragment of the glazed cover of a wide-mouthed San Kamphaeng covered box. There is a remnant of a slightly raised ring around the center of the top of the lid within which, presumably, the lid knob would have been located. The type of vessel cover represented by this shard was designed to be used with ceramic boxes of the shape and size represented by FSC-P-419. As can be seen when these two shards are put together, the continuity of exterior curve and cover-to-mouth fit suggest strongly that they were made to be used together.

  Clay: The body is a composed of a coarse-grained clay with many white and reddish inclusions. A cross section of the lid reveals an abrupt color transition from very dark to light gray in the body color.

  Glaze: The glaze is a heavily crackled grayish-green celadon. The lid was glazed both inside and out. There is a remnant of a slightly raised ring around the center of the top of the lid within which, presumably, the lid knob would have been located.

  Decoration: None.

  Marks: None.

• Inscriptions

  Inscription.

• Provenance

  To 1956

  Charles Nelson Spinks (1906-1980), collected in San Kamphaeng, Thailand. [1]

  From 1956

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Nelson Spinks. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See Study Collection catalogue card, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Charles Nelson Spinks (1906-1980)

• Origin

  San Kamphaeng, Chiang Mai, Thailand

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Nelson Spinks

• Type

  Container

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1600s, 1300s

• Name

  Spinks, Charles Nelson

• Place

  San Kamphaeng, Chiang Mai, Thailand

• Topic

  Art, Stoneware, Southeast Asian Art, San Kamphaeng ware, Ceramics, Lan Na period (1251 - 1774)

• Culture

  Southeast Asians

• Object Type

  Containers