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A BROWN-GLAZED STONEWARE JAR WITH A HUMAN FACE, ANGKOR PERIOD
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2024年10月18日 开拍
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A BROWN-GLAZED STONEWARE JAR WITH A HUMAN FACE, ANGKOR PERIOD

Khmer Empire, mid-12th century. The baluster body supported on a thick foot, the base of the neck molded in the form of a human face and the body with two thickly shaped arms with hands clasped. The face set with almond-shaped eyes, thick brows, a broad nose, and flanked by protruding ears. Covered in a dark olive-brown glaze stopping shortly above the foot.

Provenance: From a noted Danish private collection, acquired in 1982.
Condition: Excellent condition, commensurate with age. Ancient wear, minor signs of weathering and erosion, minuscule glaze flakes and recesses, a shallow chip to the side of the neck.

Weight: 1,641 g
Dimensions: Height 28.5 cm

Toward the end of the 6th or early 7th century, Khmer potters instituted an important technique for mass production of ceramics when they began to use the wheel. A Khmer inscription dating to 674 compares the source of creation to the potter’s wheel. Ceramics of this period were sometimes decorated with slip and paint, but this practice was abandoned after 800 when glazed stoneware first appeared. The first glazed ceramics made in Southeast Asia beyond the orbit of Chinese control were associated with the Khmer rulers Indravarman and Yasovarman, who reigned from the 880s to 940.

During the 11th century, zoomorphic shapes, such as the human face on the present lot, begin to appear and the clay becomes finer, with a gray body. Other decorative techniques, such as moldings, incisions and carved patterns appear after 1100 on zoomorphic vessels. Gourd-shaped jars and bottles also began to appear during this time, with brown glazes becoming predominant.

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related gourd-shaped bottle with a similar human face, 29.5 cm high, dated to the mid-12th century, published by Bernard Groslier, Introduction to the Ceramic Wares of Angkor, 1981, fig. 47. A similar example was found at the Srah Srang burial site about 4 km southeast of the East Gate of Angkor Thom. These deposits date to the reign of Jayarvarman VI (1080-1107). The find spot may indicate that this form was used for funerary rituals (see ibid., p. 29). Compare a closely related baluster shape vessel with a human face, 26 cm high, dated to the mid-12th century, in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, accession number 314.1981. Compare a closely related jar with a human figure clasping its hands, 54.3 cm high, dated to the 12th century, in the NMC, inventory number Kha.1924.

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