Antique ceramic box with cover from the Sawankhalok kilns, Thailand of shouldered globular form with a flat top having incised foliate vine plant decoration featured in a green/brown glaze with a raised nipple finial on center, the shoulder and body in a translucent white glaze with no incised decoration underneath stopping short of the neatly trimmed foot of a gray porcelaneous stoneware, the base with traces of the pontil firing scar in residue and depressions. The interior of the base with a thin translucent wash glaze, the interior of the lid unglazed. Tight fit of lid to base.
Excellent condition.
Measuring 3 inches high x 3-3/4 inches in diameter. (7.8cm x 9.5cm)
Weight: 10 oz. (274g.)
14th/15th century.