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Ceramics from the Musi River

Figure 161. Bottles, heights 27.2–30.4 cm, Central Thailand,
Singburi Province, Mae Nam Noi kilns, C16–C18,
from the Musi River. Catalogue Nos. (L–R) K2399, Figure 164. Kendis, heights 18 cm & 20.4 cm, Southern Central
K2657–9. Thailand, Singburi Province, Mae Nam Noi kilns,
Ayutthaya period, C16–C17, from the Musi River,
Batu Ampar site. Catalogue Nos. K2699 & K1140
(neck rim damaged).

Figure 162. Jars, height 16.9–17.5 cm, Central Thailand,
Singburi Province, Mae Nam Noi kilns, C16–C18,
from the Musi River. Catalogue Nos (L–R) K1618,
K1139, K1104.

Figure 165. Kendis, heights 22.0 cm & 19.5 cm, southern Central
Thailand, Singburi Province, Mae Nam Noi kilns.
Ayutthaya period, C16–C17 from Musi River, Batu
Ampar site. Catalogue Nos. K2698 (L) & K2693 (R).
were of different height (19–27.3 cm), roughly similar
in shape, although the foot ring varied from small with
straight sides to moderate and everted. Each had four
decorative lugs just below base of neck and encircling
incised lines around the foot, body and shoulder,
which was variously decorated with incised leaves or
impressed sloping or vertical lines, crosses, buttons or
small punctations (See Chapter 6, Glazed and unglazed
Storage Vessels).
Figure 163. Bowl, height 9.8 cm, Central Thailand, Singburi Other Phitsanulok vessels found in the Musi were ovoid
Province, Mae Nam Noi kilns, C16–C18, from the
Musi River. Catalogue No. K2511. broad necked pots with stamped and paddled decoration
(Figure 160); these appeared common and were known
These kilns are four kilometres from the modern town from the early-15th century Koh Khram shipwreck in the
of Ban Tao Hai. Most had a grey or red-purple body and Gulf of Thailand (Brown 1989, Plate 47) and other wreck
some had a brown slip. Storage jars of baluster form with sites in the Java Sea. There was also a mortar (K2184)
applied spiral hooks made by forming clay into a thin which may have come from the Ban Tao Hai kilns or
thread coiled in spiral shape on one end and applying from Singburi Province.
around the jar’s neck and shoulder. Several such jars Several stem cups from the Musi may be from Thailand.
were found in the Musi but were not collected, although One of these has a thin fly-ash glaze or slip (K1466) and
other flared-mouth jars appeared common there and a potting technique which appears to be northern Thai
were collected (K1081, K1341, K1430, K1827). These or Burmese (Dr Don Hein pers. comm.)

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