Ancient Southeast Asia, Thailand, Ban Chiang culture, ca. 1st millennium BCE. An impressive pair of pottery vessels from ancient Ban Chiang culture: a globular jar adorned with red-on-buff decoration and a blackware footed vase enveloped in intricately incised designs. More petite of the 2, the globular jar features a tongue motif along the flared rim, as well as beautiful scrolling patterns on the exterior of the bulbous body. Alternatively, the blackware vessel exhibits a broad, protruding hip, a sloped shoulder, and a dramatically flared mouth, all sitting upon a ring-form foot. Abstract incised designs of zigzag motifs and linear patterns adorn the exterior of the body and interior of the rim. Black incised pottery like this example is commonly found in burial sites accompanied by food offerings, perhaps suggesting rituals that may have been related to ancestor worship. Size of largest (blackware): 6.5" W x 7.625" H (16.5 cm x 19.4 cm)
A similar blackware vessel can be found at the Krannert Art Museum at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign under accession number 1979-9-1.
Provenance: private Arlington, Texas, USA collection, acquired mid to late-1960s
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Condition
Globular vessel has some stable hairline fissures to surface, and both have age-expected wear as shown. Otherwise, both are intact and excellent with impressive remaining detail.