COLLECTION
CERAMICS
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JAR WITH A WIDE FLARED LIP AND PEDESTAL FOOT

 

Material: Tan stoneware and “temmoku” brown glaze with amber tones
Dimensions: H: 54.3 cm Dia: 23.5 cm???
Date: Angkor period, XIIth century
Provenance: Krouch Ku, Kralanh (Siem Reap)
Collection: National Museum of Cambodia,
Phnom Penh
H:408 H:44.64 Kha.1924




Ceramic pieces from the Angkor period tend to be gray or black in colour. A number have a glazed finish. Small narrow-necked vases called ‘khourch’ have been found at burial sites. They usually contain human remains.

During this period, potters used wheels to produce ceramics.

This jar is decorated with rings around the lip, neck and foot and four to six incised lines forming upside-down U’s, like festoons, between the neck and shoulder.

A rounded bottom, flared lip, long neck and colour are typical of Angkor period ceramic production.



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