Bowl (kiln waster)

Bowl: kiln waster, small ovoidal, flattened in the firing; attachments of kiln slag.
Clay: dense, gray.
Glaze: brilliant, transparent celadon, crackled; a pool of deep green inside.
Decoration: channeled and incised in the paste.

Historical period(s)
Ayutthaya period, mid 15th century
Medium
Stoneware with celadon glaze
Style
Sawankhalok ware
Dimensions
H x W: 570 x 10.1 cm (224 7/16 x 4 in)
Geography
Thailand, Sukhothai province, Si Satchanalai, Ko Noi kilns
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1916.692
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Bowl (kiln waster)

Keywords
Ayutthaya period (1351 - 1767), green glaze, Sawankhalok ware, stoneware, Thailand
Provenance

From at least 1916 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), acquired from an unkown source by at least 1916. The bowl is assumed to have been originally found at the Ban Koh Noi kiln site in Si Satchanalai, Chiang Mai province, Thailand [1]

From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]

Notes:

[1] See Reserved Pottery List, R. 6526, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Curatorial Remark 5, Louise A. Cort, July 11, 1998, in the object record.

[2] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919

Description

Bowl: kiln waster, small ovoidal, flattened in the firing; attachments of kiln slag.
Clay: dense, gray.
Glaze: brilliant, transparent celadon, crackled; a pool of deep green inside.
Decoration: channeled and incised in the paste.

Published References
  • Louise Allison Cort, George Williams, David P. Rehfuss. Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia. Washington. .
Collection Area(s)
Southeast Asian Art
Web Resources
Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia
Google Cultural Institute
F|S Southeast Asia
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