Pedestal dish with catfish and aquatic plants décor

15th century

Not on view

Pedestal bowls of this type are one of the high points in the ceramic aspirations of the Thai potters, represent a class of ceramic expressly emulating Southeast Asian metalwork. Such pedestal bowls served as presentation vessels for temple offerings. This example displays the use of a white slip over a coarse beige body, the signature body-features of ceramics produced at the kilns of Sukhothai, the first Thai kingdoms capital in north-central Thailand. This bowl has one of the most skillfully painted interiors of any ceramic from the Sukhothai kilns.

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Title: Pedestal dish with catfish and aquatic plants décor
Date: 15th century
Culture: North Central Thailand, Sukhothai
Medium: Stoneware with iron-underglaze painted décor over a white slip
Dimensions: H. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm); Diam. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Breece III, 2021
Object Number: 2021.176
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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