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Dish with white tin glaze

Title

Year/Period

14th-16th centuries

Region

Tak-Omkoi region, North Thailand

Material

Tin/lead-glazed earthenware

Dimension

Object size: H:4.7 x Dia:19.8 cm

Accession No.

2011-00165

Collection of

Asian Civilisations Museum

This earthenware dish has a foliated rim and is covered in a white tin glaze with green specks.Wares of this type were mainly found in gravesites, in the Tak-Omkoi border area between north Thailand and Myanmar. Scholars have suggested the tin-glaze technology was inspired by Islamic ceramics of the 9th century via India. Yet others have suggested that 15th century Chinese blue and white wares inspired the painted designs.