THAI CERAMICS (Sisachanalai and Sukhothai)

The Thais began producing glazed ceramics in the 12-13th centuries. In the next century or two, like the Vietnamese, they became deeply involved in in export trade in SE Asia and competed with the Chinese. Thai ceramics were produced in the north-west (the east being occupied by the Khmers) in places like Sawankhalok (Sisachanalai) which are famous for their underglazed iron, blue or brown covered boxes with floral or cross-hatched patterns; celadon or brown large globular bottles (kelapa) and ovoid bottles with ring handles; and large celadon dishes and bowls with incised floral designs.

Another famous location is Sukhothai which produced bowls with floral or fish painting in underglaze iron or brown (last six photos).

As mentioned earlier in my notes on Chinese ceramics, Thai export ceramics were boosted by a ban of Chinese exports during part of the Ming period with the migration for Chinese potters to the south. While Thai ceramics, like the Khmers, used chinese technology in pottery making, they adapted it with their own unique designs and patterns which make them appealing.  Nonetheless, the quality of their ceramics, in particular their clay and skill, cannot match those of the Chinese. They are usually of stoneware and hardly produce any quality procelain.
 My collection was largely purchased in Indonesia, Thailand and Cambodia.

t01 coveredbox blue 16x16.5cm sisa 14-15c	t02 coveredbox blue-brn 14.5x15.5cm sisa 14-15c
t05 coveredbox blue-brn 11.5x13.5cm sisa 14c	t03 coveredbox blue-brn 12.5x12.8cm sisa 15c
t06 coveredbox brown 10.5x10.5cm sisa 14c	t04 coveredbox blue-brn 12.5x13cm sisa 14c
t07 coveredbox squat blue-brn 9.5x12cm sisa 14c	t08 bottle globular 2ring celadon 16.7x16cm sisa 14.15c
t09 bottle globular 2ring celadon 15.5x17cm sisa 14-15c	t10 bottle globular 2ring brown 17.5x17.5cm sisa 14c
t12 bottle pear 2ring celadon 19x14.5cm sisa 14-15c	t13 bottle pear 2ring brown 15x10cm sisa 15c
t25 dish celadon 28x8cm sisa 14-15c	t26 dish foliated celadon 30x8.2cm sisa 14-15c
t27 dish foliated celadon 29x9cm sisa 14-15c	t30 dish foliated 30 dish celadon 21.8x7.4 samk 1516
t31 bowl flanged celadon 16.7x8cm 14-15c	t32 bowl lotuspod celadon 17.7x9.9cm sisa 14-15c
t33 lotuspod celadon 20.5x10cm sisa 15c	t38 bowl lotuspod celadon sisa 14-15c
t39 bowl floral iron underglaze 14.2x6.5cm sukho 14-15c	t40 bowl fish-floral brown underglaze 16x6.5cm sisa 15c
t41 bowl fish iron underglaze 22x7.5cm sukho 14-15c	t42 bowl fish iron underglaze 16.5x8cm sukho 14-15c
t43 bowl cakra iron underglaze yell 18x8cm sukho 14-15c	t44 bowl everted plain plgrn glaze 20.7x8cm sukho 14-15c