RON BROWNSON ESTATE AUCTION 1 Tuesday, 4 November 2025 / 10:00 am start
A Sawankhalok stoneware covered box,
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Lot Details
13th to 16thC. Of greyish-buff clay. Indented base with a circular spur mark; a waisted foot ring around the lower, curving, wall; Turned rim. Flat cover with a lotus bud knop set on a raised disc. The exterior of box and cover painted with a sinuous line undulating over three crosshatched circles on a reserved field of swirled dots (vegetal scrolls) edged by bands of circular lines. The painting smudged around the lower walls of the box. Glazed on interior and exterior of the box excluding the base, resting surface and rim, the cover on the exterior. Chip to rim of box. 8.3 x 9.5 cm. For comparisons see: Dick Richards, South-East Asian ceramics: Thai, Vietnamese, and Khmer (Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1995), p. 99, figs 41 (Art Gallery of South Australia collection, 708C220) for the form; p. 91 pl. 33 (Art Gallery of South Australia, 708C255) for the decoration.
