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A RARE LIME POT IN THE FORM OF A MONKEY, STONEWARE, ANGKOR PERIOD
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2024年12月17日 开拍
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A RARE LIME POT IN THE FORM OF A MONKEY, STONEWARE, ANGKOR PERIOD

Khmer Empire, 12th-13th century. Thickly potted, the compressed globular vessel supported on a flat base, the sides molded with the stylized simian’s limbs, rising to a narrow aperture on the top. Covered in a dark olive-brown glaze stopping shortly above the foot.

The face of the monkey boldly rendered on the shoulder of the vessel, its eyes and nose protruding slightly, its nostrils and mouth rendered with shallow incisions, and its face encompassed by a raised hairline.

Provenance: From a noted Danish private collection, acquired in 1982.
Condition: Very good condition, commensurate with age. Ancient wear, signs of weathering and erosion, minor glaze flaking and recesses, kiln grit, and glaze cracks.

Weight: 467 g
Dimensions: Width 14.3 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 monkey’s 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:
Lime pots such as the present lot were made to depict a wide range of animals, but monkeys as found here are extremely rare. Compare a related lime pot in the form of a stylized rabbit, 13.6 cm long, dated 13th-14th century, in the Asian Civilizations Museum, accession number 1993-01550. Compare a related lime pot in the shape of a cat, 8.9 cm high, dated 11th-12th century, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 2007.260.

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