Jarlet
About this object
History of use
Ware strongly influenced by Chinese potters. Exported to Southeast Asia during the Ayuthia Period, 14th to 18th centuries.
Specific techniques
Slip is clay reduced to a creamy liquid by the addition of water.
Physical description
Jar with light green-brown glaze, mouth with slightly upturned lip, slightly sloping shoulders, two small lugs (handles) opposite each other at the mouth, and a base that flares outwards. Squat form, short neck, small mouth, two small lugs. Main portion of vessel is slipped in light yellow-white, which is visible at the base, and then coated in a thin light grey-green glaze, which is transparent at the mouth rim and on the lugs showing the medium grey body.