Base Sherd

97-9-78

From: Thailand | Si Satchanalai

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 97-9-78
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Thai
Provenience Thailand | Si Satchanalai
Period Sukhothai Period
Date Made Mid 14th Century - 1512
Section Asian
Materials Stoneware | Glaze
Technique Sawankhalok Ware | Wheel Made | Underglazed | Glazed
Iconography Flower
Description

Sherd. Sawankhalok Ware. Broken piece of base of bowl including the raised foot. Underneath the glaze lies an incised design of a flower enclosed in a circle. Light greenish-colored crackled glaze over interior and most of exterior except for foot and areas surrounding the foot. The sherd is a kiln waster and one portion of the side of the sherd sags below the foot of the bowl.

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Sarah M. Bekker, 1997
Other Number V50.95.92 - Sarah Bekker and Freer Original List

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