A VERY RARE LARGE BURMESE GLAZED STORAGE JAR

POST PAGAN DYNASTY, PROBABLY 14TH-15TH CENTURY

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A VERY RARE LARGE BURMESE GLAZED STORAGE JAR
post pagan dynasty, probably 14th-15th century
The heavily potted jar with a repeating impressed design at the sloping shoulder, below a tall neck with six concentric raised bands and outward flaring rim, and above rounded sides and base, the interior and upper part of exterior covered in a thick and finely crackled olive-brown coloured glaze, the base unglazed revealing a buff coloured body, some wear
16 in. (41 cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

A very similar example with impressed decoration around the shoulder is in the Archaeological Museum, Pagan, illustrated in line-drawing by Sylvia Fraser-Lu, Burmese Crafts Past and Present, Oxford, 1994, p.200. After the fall of the Pagan in Lower Burma, the Mon who had previously been established in the area, continued a rich and varied pottery tradition combining both earlier Mon and Pagan traditions. The stamped designs of geometric or vegetal decoration are a recurrent feature in the Pagan and post-Pagan ceramic traditions, and can be found on vessels, as well as on bricks or tiles, the latter probably indicating the source of this distinctive tradition.

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