Description
FOUR BANG CHIANG VASES DATE: 600-300 BC. MATERIAL AND TECHNIQUE: brown purified clay, white mottling, red paint, molded by slow lathe. Two ollae with everted rim, cylindrical neck with concave profile, globular body, flat bottom; a large vase with flared rim, long cylindrical neck, truncated cone body, convex bottom; vase on wide foot with truncated cone body DECORATION: all decorated with stylized geometric or phytomorphic motifs, one with horizontal bands with human figures lying down. PRODUCTION: Thai pottery, Bang Chiang culture. STATE OF CONSERVATION: mostly intact, one with small damages DIMENSIONS: h. from cm 26 to cm 18; diam. mouth from cm 21 to cm 12,5 ORIGIN: private collection, Turin
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FOUR BANG CHIANG VASES DATE: 600-300 BC. MATERIAL AND TECHNIQUE: brown purified clay, white mottling, red paint, molded by slow lathe. Two ollae with everted rim, cylindrical neck with concave profile, globular body, flat bottom; a large vase with flared rim, long cylindrical neck, truncated cone body, convex bottom; vase on wide foot with truncated cone body DECORATION: all decorated with stylized geometric or phytomorphic motifs, one with horizontal bands with human figures lying down. PRODUCTION: Thai pottery, Bang Chiang culture. STATE OF CONSERVATION: mostly intact, one with small damages DIMENSIONS: h. from cm 26 to cm 18; diam. mouth from cm 21 to cm 12,5 ORIGIN: private collection, Turin
