Shard with firing support

Title

Year/Period

14th or 15th century

Region

Sukhothai kilns, Thailand

Object Type

sherds, fragments (object portions)

Material

ceramic (material), pigment, slip (clay)

Technique

throwing (pottery technique), firing (technique), painting (image-making)

Dimension

Object size: 4.9 x 13.4 x 12.0 cm

Accession No.

2019-00503

Collection of

Asian Civilisations Museum

Credit Line

Gift of Pamela Hickley

This shard, which shows a fish painted in iron-brown pigments, is most probably the base portion of a dish. Dishes painted with a central fish motif are the most representative wares from the Sukhothai kilns. The cross-section of the shard shows that Sukhothai potters used a dark grey clay body which they covered with white slip before painting on it. A firing support has also adhered to the base of this shard, and reveals how these vessels were originally stacked during firing in the kilns.