Pedestal dish with catfish and aquatic plants décor

Pedestal dish with catfish and aquatic plants décor

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pedestal dish with catfish and aquatic plants décorPedestal dish with catfish and aquatic plants décorPedestal dish with catfish and aquatic plants décorPedestal dish with catfish and aquatic plants décorPedestal dish with catfish and aquatic plants décor

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