Fragment from the mouth of a celadon-glazed covered box

Object Details

• Description

  Shape: Fragment of a section of the mouth of a large (approximately 20-cm diameter) covered box. Wheel thrown. The shard wall varies in thickness from 0.4 - 0.6 cm. The mouth of this covered box was potted in such a way that it would accept a shallow, overlapping ceramic lid of the sort represented by FSC-P-411. When these two shards are put together it is clear from the curve of their exterior walls that they represent related forms. The exterior of the mouth of this shard is glazed, indicating that it was fired separately from its counterpart lid.

  Clay: The body is a relatively fine buff-colored clay with dark inclusions and many small air pockets.

  Glaze: The shard is covered with a finely crazed, pale seawater-green celadon glaze both inside and out.

  Decoration: None.

  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

  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