Antique Thai Storage Stoneware Pottery Vase Earthenware Ayutthaya Kingdom AB1

Description

Thai Storage Stoneware Pottery Vase
Measurements
:
Height 8 1/8" x Base 4 3/8" x Width 8.25" x Mouth 6"
Weight: 4 lbs 4.4
oz
Antique condition. Evidence of chipping at the opening of the vase few on the base
Shows signs of age and use. Highly decorative design on the vase.
Please see all photos.
This was purchased from a local estate and is being sold as found. The collection was purchased by a high raking military officer based Thailand who would travel around Asia collecting pottery and artifacts. They had been stored in the attic of a home in Winter Park Florida since the 1950's.
This pot was appraised and below is the
appraisal
results
Thai Storage stoneware pottery vase, Ayutthaya Kingdom (1351-1767)
This elegant jar has complex geometrical design and 4 adornments.
Flat bottom with some darkening (possibly cooking on fire).
There is obvious natural crystallization of salts network on the body of the pot.
Usually this type of crystallization happens after centuries of being exposed to different temperature, humidity or being buried in the soil.
Discussion:
CQ: this jar was made in late Warring States, about 5th – 3
rd
century BCE.
AC: I disagree, this vase looks like a typical Thai pottery vase.
Ayutthaya (/ɑːˈjuːtəjə/; Thai: อยุธยา, Thai pronunciation: [ʔajúttʰajaː]; also spelled Ayudhya) was a Siamese kingdom that existed from 1351 to 1767. Ayutthaya was friendly towards foreign traders, including the Chinese, Vietnamese, Indians, Japanese and Persians, and later the Portuguese, Spaniards, Dutch and French, permitting them to set up villages outside the walls of the capital, also called Ayutthaya.
In the sixteenth century, it was described by foreign traders as one of the biggest and wealthiest cities in the East. The court of King Narai (1656–88) had strong links with that of King Louis XIV of France, whose ambassadors compared the city in size and wealth to Paris.
By 1550, the kingdom's vassals included some city-states in the Malay Peninsula, Sukhothai, and parts of Cambodia.[1]
In foreign accounts, Ayutthaya was called Siam, but many sources say the people of Ayutthaya called themselves Tai, and their kingdom Krung Tai "The Tai country" (กรุงไท).[note 1]