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Thai stoneware storage jar
A number of high-fired, Thai stoneware, storage jars have been found on sites such as theBatavia. These wares are
not well known in Europe, but the distinctive body and the shape and treatment of the neck and shoulders, is unmistakable. It was flIst thought that these wares came from the kilns in the area near the city of Sawankbalok, in north- central Thailand, and thus they were called Sawankhalok wares. Recent work has identified the kilns more correctly at Sisatchanalai, a nearby town, but has cast doubl on the suggestion that these and other storage jars of a similar type were, in facl, produced there. For a full discussion of this, see Green and Harper (1987)
BAT 545
Neck fragment, with a rolled neck rim standing on the shoulder of the jar. There is a small moulded ridge below the neck rim, which is a distinctive fealure of these wares. Below this is usually aseries of five to fUteen grooves onto which is applied four massive lug handles (see below).
BAT 608 & 500
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Wall fragment, showing the distinctive incised ridges on the shoulders. On the right is part of the moulding for the lug handles. A similar example is illustrated from the Vergulde Draeck in Green (1977).
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