COLLECTION
CERAMICS
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OVAL VESSEL
 Material:
Earthenware
Dimensions: H: 34.9 cm
Date: Pre-Angkorian period
Provenance: Khum Mkak, Kong Pisei (Kompong Speu province)
Collection: National Museum of Cambodia,
Phnom Penh
H:455 H:44.76 Kha.1732
Usually these vessels were used for carrying potable water. Cambodian
people refer to the different parts of a vessel to those of the
human body: the mouth, neck, body and foot. A vessel is considered
as having human attributes. The body of this vessel is decorated
with horizontal lines that subdivide it again into upper and lower
sections.
It is characterized by a splayed opening or mouth
and the long neck is decorated with two concentric lines at the
base, and three circles on the body.
According its light pink colour and form, this
vessel reveals manual production methods as there is no symmetrical
axis and the firing was at a low temperature.
At this time, ancient potters used a tool shaped
like a comb to press or incise the designs to decorate the ceramics.
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