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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This Sawankhalok glazed stoneware lidded bowl with radiating glazed petals, olive-brown glazed lotus bud handle, intricate scroll of white glazed branches and florals was used to store spices, powders and cosmetics, betel nuts and medicine.
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.
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