A refined pottery vase boasting an elegant silhouette and intricate impressed and applied decoration. The lovely jar exhibits a flared and folded rim, a corseted neck, and a broad shoulder that tapers to a narrow leg and a tiered foot. Enveloped in an iron glaze, the ancient vessel is meticulously decorated with the shoulder showcasing a series of incised vertical rays and horizontal bands that encompass the leg, shoulder, and base of the neck, where 4 additional applied nubbins are equidistantly place. Ceramics during this period were made on pottery wheels which increased pottery production to meet the demand for these elegant vessels.
SOUTHEAST ASIA, CAMBODIA OR NORTHERN THAILAND, KHMER EMPIRE (ANGKOR CULTURE), CA. 12TH TO 13TH CENTURY CE.
