Bencharong ware
(Thailand)
- Title
- Toh jar decorated with coloured flowers in vertical patterns
- Place of origin
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Thailand
- Period
- Rama I Period 1782 - 1809 → Thailand
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- porcelain with various enamel decoration on green background
- Dimensions
-
19.3 x 14.4cm
- Signature & date
- Not signed. not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Mr F. Storch 1984
- Accession number
- 67.1984
- Location
- Upper Asian gallery
- Further information
Bencharong wares in particular reflect Thai taste. "Bencharong" is a form of five-coloured overglaze enamel ware, the name being derived from the Sanskrit 'panch' meaning "five" and 'rang', meaning "colour". Such wares reflect the Indianizing influences in Thai art: the decoration has its origins in the densely applied motifs of Indian art in which surfaces are completely covered with pattern in a regular and repetitive style.
Wares such as this piece were made for everyday use, initially only by the court but later more widely. The 'toh' jar is a water jar.
Asian Art Dept., AGNSW, March 1984.
