Lid from a small ceramic container, knob missing

Object Details

• Description

  Shape: Shard is a round, thin, iron-brown glazed disk which apparently served as the lid for a small ceramic container. Wheel-thrown. The knob of the lid is missing. A section of the rim base has also chipped off. The thickness of the main portion of the lid is approximately 0.5 cm.

  Clay: The body is a fine pinkish-orange clay with moderate inclusions.

  Glaze: The glaze is caramel colored and appears principally around the base of the knob.

  Decoration: None.

  Marks: None.

• Provenance

  To 1956

  Charles Nelson Spinks (1906-1980), collected in Si Satchanalai (Sawankhalok), Thailand. [1]

  From 1956

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

  Notes:

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

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Charles Nelson Spinks (1906-1980)

• Origin

  Si Satchanalai, Sukhothai province, 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

  Sukhothai province, Si Satchanalai, Thailand

• Topic

  Art, Ayutthaya period (1351 - 1767), Stoneware, Southeast Asian Art, Ceramics, Sawankhalok ware

• Culture

  Southeast Asians

• Object Type

  Containers