FOUR SAWANKHALOK BROWN-GLAZED ROUND BOXES AND COVERS
15th – 16th century

the larger 8 x 10,5 cm
The exterior carved with floral motifs, partially covered with a brown colour glaze.

Provenance: Acquired before 1975.
Similar boxes are illustrated in R. Brown, The Ceramics of South-East Asia. Their Dating and Identification, Oxford 1988, pl. XXXV.b; see also W. Willets, Ceramic Art of Southeast Asia, Singapore 1971, nn. 249-255, and J. Guy, Oriental Trade Ceramics in Southeast Asia. 10th to 16th Century, Melbourne 1980, nn. 129-130.