Title
Pedestalled dish
Year/Period
Approx 3000BC
Region
Dong Marum, Lopburi, Thailand
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: H 19 x Dia,
of Mouth: 31
of Mouth: 31
Accession No.
1996-00866
Collection of
This pedestalled dish was made with coils of clay which were joined and paddle-beaten for added strength. It is decorated with an abstract motif filled with incised markings. Pots and other objects found at the Dong Marum site have been dated as over 2,700 years old. The elaborate designs are a good indication that these were probably ritual or ‘prestige’ vessels and used as burial jars to contain either food or objects for the deceased in their afterlife.
