Sawankhalok

Sawankhalok (Sangkalok in Thai) is the name of an ancient town in north-central Thailand that still exists and is area with ceramic kiln production first begun during the Sukhothai Kingdom that blossomed during the Ayutthaya Kingdom. In the early Ming Dynasty, Thailand and Vietnam became major ceramics producers and exporters to Southeast Asia, Japan and the Middle East as Ming emperors forbade the export of Chinese ceramics from 1368-1487, a period known as the Ming Gap. During the 14th and 15th centuries, Sawankhalok kilns produced a huge range of shapes and glazes derived from earlier Thai traditions and influences from China, Vietnam and Cambodia to produce their own unique creations. Scholarship about ceramics of this period has been expanded greatly by maritime studies of the many Southeast Asian shipwrecks conducted by the late Roxanna Brown.

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    Antique Large Sawankhalok Stoneware Lidded Bowl, Thailand (3168GOM) $215

    Original price was: $215.00.Current price is: $182.75.
    H: 4.25”  Dia: 5″ | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!

    This finely designed 14/15th century globular stoneware box resting on a short foot has an olive-brown glazed lotus bud handle surrounded by radiating radiating lightly glazed petals above a band of geometric shapes. The body is lyrically ornamented with an intricate scroll of white, light glazed and incised colored branches and florals on an olive-brown glaze background. Its fine appearance is a result of the unusual lovely olive-brown surface with a glaze applied sparsely in some areas and thicker in others to offset the vegetal scrolls.

     

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    Antique Sawankhalok Glazed Stoneware Lidded Bowl, Thailand (1001BLC) $295

    Original price was: $295.00.Current price is: $250.75.
    H: 4.25”  D: 4.625” | FREE SHIPPING within Continental U.S.!

    This gazed stoneware lidded bowl rests on a solid well-cut foot and has a close-fitting cover. The lid’s center has a lotus bud handle with a surrounding linear medallion on the top. Alternating panels have underglaze brown crosshatching and vegetal scrolls beginning on the lid, continuing below to the body and each pane separated by a series of vertical and circular lines.

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    Antique Sawankhalok Lidded Bowl, Fruit Stem Handle, Thailand (3170BLE) $385

    Original price was: $385.00.Current price is: $327.25.
    Ht. 3.375”  Dia 4.625″ | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL US!

    This stoneware Sawankhalok lidded jar was made in the famous Sukhothai kilns in Thailand in the 14-15th century. The distinctive local Thai design is unique in the history of ceramic making as seen in this elegant mangosteen shape lidded jar with curved stem handle and a round raised calyx, and stylized incised floral and geometric designs. The lid has a circle of radiating leaf-like projections that protects a developing flower and represents a mangosteen, the delicious sweet tropical fruit loved throughout Southeast Asia. This is truly a remarkable example of the power and grace of antique Thai ceramics.  A similar piece can be seen in the renowned Powerhouse Digital Archive Collection.

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