Shard

Title

Shard

Year/Period

12th-14th century

Region

Si Satchanalai, north-central Thailand

Material

Stoneware, iron-brown and cream glaze

Technique

Probably modelled, incised and hand-painted

Dimension

Object size: H:2.0 x W:6.5 x D:3.9 cm

Accession No.

2008-06947

Collection of

Asian Civilisations Museum

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. Pinna Indorf

This is a fragment of a decorative piece, perhaps an architectural element with incised and underglaze iron-brown painted decoration. It shows evidence of thick potting, using local stoneware clay and glaze materials.The royal twin cities of Sukhothai and Si Satchanalai in north-central Thailand were at the heart of one of the largest ceramic-producing centres in Southeast Asia during the 14th century. Si Satchanalai was later renamed Sawankhalok and the name became a convenient if somewhat inaccurate term to refer to ceramics that originated from either of these two areas.