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Chapter 4. Glazed Ceramics in the Musi River

Figure 91. Basin, golden-brown glaze, diameter 18.5 cm, Central
Vietnam (Cham), Binh Dinh Province, Go Sanh or Go
Hoi kilns, C14–C15, from the Musi River. Catalogue
No. K2518.

Figure 89. Jar, golden-brown degraded glaze, height 20 cm,
Central Vietnam (Cham), C14–C15, from the Musi
River, Pusri. Site. Catalogue No. K1899

Figure 92. Water dropper, somewhat degraded golden brown
and brown glaze, height 7.6 cm, Central Vietnam
(Cham), C14–C15, from the Musi River. Catalogue
No. K1053.

marks on the base of Go Sanh dishes unwind in a counter-
clockwise manner, similar to those of North Vietnamese
wares. Also the spur marks common on North Vietnam
wares, which were similar to those of Si Satchanalai, were
common in the 13th and 14th centuries, but after that
they were rare (Brown 1989:38).
Figure 90. Cup, thinly potted , golden–brown glaze, height 7.1
cm, Central Vietnam (Cham), Binh Dinh Province, Brown (1989) divided Go Sanh wares into three groups.
Go Sanh or Go Hoi kilns, C14–C15, from the Musi The first were greenish or bluish-grey glazed saucers with
River, Batu Ampar site. Catalogue No. K2565. unglazed stacking rings in their wells and a grayish clay fabric
(Figure 87 & Figure 88).
The second were celadon dishes, also generally with a
grey fabric visible on the unglazed foot. Examples from the
Musi appear to be (K1727, K1964, K2297, K2325–6).
The last group of brown-glazed vessels had the greatest
variety of forms with an orange to reddish-brown fabric

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