Fragment of base and interior of a medium-sized dish

Object Details

• Description

  Shape: Fragment of the base of a dish of moderate size. The footring is carved and quite shallow. Thickness of the fragment varies from 0.5 to 1.2 cm.

  Clay: The body of the dish was a relatively fine gray-colored clay having few inclusions.

  Glaze: The exterior wall of the shard shows only vestigial traces of glaze. The inside of the dish fragment is covered with a thick, highly crackled celadon which is bright green where it pools in the incised decoration.

  Decoration: The decoration consists of incised circles, apparently made with a sharp stylus held stationary while the dish turned on the wheel, with roughly triangular fishscale-like markings between the circles made by poking or impressing the clay body with a wedge-shaped tool. There were at least three rings of such decoration around the mirror and extending up the cavetto.

  Marks: None.

• 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

  Vessel

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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

  Vessels (containers)