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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Sankampaeng
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Chiang Mai
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Thailand
- Period
- Lanna period 1200 - 1500 → Thailand
- Date
- 13th century-14th century
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- stoneware
- Dimensions
- 28.0 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Mr F. Storch 1986
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 86.1986
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Sankampaeng ware
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About
Whilst the various kilns of northern Thailand are usually described within the context of the Lan Na kingdom, their regional styles did not conform to an imperial standard. This jar from Sankampaeng, with its flared mouth, simple handles and unglazed flat base shares many features with Khmer baluster jars and jars produced in nearby Wang Nua and Phayao.
Unlike the Sukhothai and Sawankhalok kilns further south which exported wares to maritime Southeast Asia, Lan Na wares were made to support a large domestic market. They were probably also traded with commercial centres to the north like Vientiane in Laos. It is probable that all northern kilns ceased production around 1558 when the city of Chiang Mai was sacked by the Burmese king Bayinnaung, who relocated artisans to principalities north of Thailand.Asian Art Department, AGNSW, January 2014
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Great gifts, great patrons, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 17 Aug 1994–19 Oct 1994
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Bibliography
Referenced in 3 publications
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Jackie Menzies and Edmund Capon AM, OBE, Asian Collection Handbook, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'South-East Asian Art', pg. 83-96, Sydney, 1990, 92 (illus.).
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Jackie Menzies (Editor), The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2003, 331 (colour illus.).
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Jacqueline Menzies, Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook, 'Asian', pg. 72-93, Sydney, 1988, 92 (illus.).
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