Jarlet

Ware strongly influenced by Chinese potters. Exported to Southeast Asia during the Ayuthia Period, 14th to 18th centuries.

Slip is clay reduced to a creamy liquid by the addition of water.

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.