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Hi all,
I'm not sure if this is the right spot to put this but it's worth a try. It wasn't described as such but some digging around lead me to believe this may be Khmer. After a fun shipment hassle to actually get it here, I am definitely happy with it. The colors absolutely fascinate me between the use of celadon, cobalt and aubergine mixed around the face.
It's a large vessel, around 17x13.5". It should have a lid based on the rim. from what I can find from other examples of khmer 10th-13th century pottery, it has tooling, shaping and form similar but not exactly matching available works. I believe there is a reproduction market for these as well but the glaze and foot feels it's age to what would be around this period. Sadly it does have a trailing hairline crack which cuts into the cobalt but it's really unnoticeable when viewing it.
Thoughts?
Hi Preston,
Wow, that's one of the nicest pieces you've posted. Looks legitimately very old to me, possibly to the period you theorize. Love that blue splash. I think it's a gem.
Todd
take it with a grain of salt
@watership I agree, this is one of the best so far. I had to actually hire a guy we use for my job to go out, pickup from a goodwill out in Ohio thanks to a pickup-only request from them and then have him drop it at ups and have them pack it. All in all, worth it. Very cool to hear as well, at least confidence is building up a bit. I'm gonna submit it to Peter today and see what he says next.
Although now I'm just struggling to find a good spot to appreciate it further while research is ongoing
It is an interesting jar, but I don't think it is khmer. Let us know what Peter says.
It's strange as I did find a series of northern song dynasty pots with the exact shade of cobalt used, and they have a similar shape to this one but the mouth is completely different from them and elsewhere from what I can find other than a couple of mouth-like cizhou plum vases.
There is a very faint crackle of blue under the cobalt glaze as well, it's the only spot that has it around the jar, and its only really visible in the very saturated areas. It's almost like ice cracks a bit rather than the web crack you'd normally find.
Also I'm not sure if anyone has seen this before but just curious if anyone knows if this effect faded surface dry streaks to the glaze is related to age or firing techniques as it doesnt come off:
I've been doing further digging on this and have found a very close relation to the 2nd jin dynasty wares, including documented cizhou type glazes matching up to the bottom splash glaze between the iron rich brown and almost black cobalt effect.
Upon further inspection I also found a loose form of a dragon along with a better understanding of the interpretation of movement through the piece and loose scenery. Various vessels within this period are also incised similarly with unique aspects to the body such as the 3 sets of 5 closely bound rings, similar relief sculptures, and the deep olive green glaze with its sculpted coloring.
Im still waiting for Peter, but this is exciting. It's odd that generally this would likely have had been designed with lugs however in consideration. Although, there are 5 indents at the lowest tier of the collar. Maybe this suggests something
https://orientalceramics.com/product/bowl-32/ - cizhou example visible in the lower half glaze of the vessel
https://www.comuseum.com/ceramics/han-to-jin/ - compare the glazes and shapes, specifically the foot of the taller piece and the shape and details added to the similarly shaped piece (photos attached below)
Got an update from Peter, he agrees it's definitely Khmer, probably from the 12th or 14th century as speculated. I'll have to reach out to a gallery next but really happy about the validation since this is a strong example of it's era for future items
That is good news and good to know. I was unable to find anything with that blue colouration in my books or online. Let us know how you get on.🤞
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