The first Ming emperor Hongwu and his successors forbade the export of Chinese ceramics because of perceived competition from Southern Chinese Hong traders during the period known as the “Ming Gap.” Thailand and Vietnam ceramics producers then stepped in to fill the demand for Chinese ceramics by manufacturing their own unique and beautiful pottery. Homgwu promilgated this policy in 1368 and it was reversed in1487.
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Sawankhalok elegant mangosteen shape stoneware lidded bowl with raised calyx, cream and brown glazes, incised floral and geometric designs to store spices, cosmetics, betel nuts and medicine.
Produced in Thai kilns in the 14th to 15th centuries, Sawankhalok glazed stoneware lidded bowls were distributed through southeast Asia along with a variety of larger and smaller items. Lidded bowls like this were used to store many things, especially spices, powders and cosmetics, betel nut chewing materials, and medicine. This bowl rests on a thick foot, has a lid with a brown lotus bud handle and covered with decorative panels of underglaze brown crosshatch and vegetal scrolls.
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