A Celadon glazed pear-shaped vase
Thailand, Sawankalok, 15th Century
Of elegant outline with steeply rounded sides, finely incised with two tiers of petal friezes, the midsection delineated with a band of six horizontal lines, the glaze with a fine craquelure stopping short of the foot
8 5/8 in. (21.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired in 1967
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Lot Essay
For a related example of similar silhouette and with a leaf motif design at the neck, see K. Itoi, Thai Ceramics from the Sosai Collection, 1989, p. 28, plate 30.