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Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum Newsletter Volume VII Number 1 June-Sept 2013 Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum Newsletter Volume VII Number 1 June-Sept 2013 Editor: Special exhibition entitled Qing Export Porcelain in the Kingdom of Pariwat Siam During the Arrival of Chinese Junks, exhibited by Southeast Thammapreechakorn Asian Ceramics Museum of Bangkok University Editorial staff: The exhibition is open daily with free the edges were painted black with red Burin Singtoaj admission at The Museum Siam (National eyes like a fish. The hull was painted Atthasit Sukkham Wannaporn Khambut Discovery Museum) until September 30, white. This was the hongtou chuan John Toomey 2013. which means “Red Head Junk” and both Walter Kassela Learn the history of the arrivals of sides of the end of the junk were painted Chinese junks to Thailand, since the with a picture of a lion with a sword or a Reporters: Ayutthaya period, through the Chinese dai ji pattern (Yin Yang symbol). Ang Choulean, Ann Proctor, Augustine Vinh, export wares found in Thailand. Berenice Bellina, Chinese ceramics in this exhibition will During his reign, King Rama III Chang Kuang-Jen, include Qing dynasty export wares to ordered a viharn to be built in the form Chhay Rachna, Siam during the late Ayutthaya period. of a Chinese junk at Wat Yannawa, Chhay Visoth, This extends from the reign of Kangxi to Bangkok to commemorate that the David Rehfuss, Dawn Rooney,Don Hein, the reign of Xuantong of the Qing dynasty, junk is a symbol of trade with Siam, Donald Stadtner, or from the reign of King Prasat Thong to and Chaozhou represents the relations Edward Von der Porten, the reign of King Rama V of Siam. between the Qing dynasty and Siam. Else Geraets, On exhibition is a Chinese junk model Although the time of Red Head junk has Eusebio Dizon, Gary Hill, used to transport ceramics to Siam already ended, it became a symbol the Hab Touch, Heidi Tan, Ho Chui Mei, Horst Liebner, during the late Ayutthaya period before world will never forget. th Ian Glover, Jennifer Rodrigo, changing to steamer ships in the 19 John Kleinen, century. Leng Rattanak, Li Guo, In the past, the Chinese junk was a Li Jianan, Louise Cort, bridge connecting the economic and Marie-France Dupoizat, Melody Rod-ari, cultural exchanges between China and Michael Flecker, countries around the world. This includes Mohd. Sherman bin Sauffi, acting as a link between the Chinese Ngueyn Xuan Hien, people living in overseas territories with Pamela Gutman, those in homeland China. In particular, Patrick McGlyn, Peter Burns, Philippe Colomban, the overseas Chinese came from the Pierre-Yves Manguin, provines of Guangdong and Fujian. Rasmi Shoocongdej, Rita Tan, The Red Head Junk was used for travel Sayan Praicharnjit, to Siam. This junk was used for the Shih Ching-fei, Sten Sjostrand, merchant trade and shipping from the Tim Hartill, ports of Hangzhou Bay. It is called hai Timothy Rebbeck, chuan ,meaning “ship”, and the larger Tira Vanichtheeranont, junk that sailed in the South China Sea Tran Ky Phuong, are called yang chuan, meaning “fleet”. Zheng Jin Ie Junks from Guangdong province were @ Email: made of hardwood. Under the gunwale [email protected] Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum Letter from the editor Inside this issue: This issue includes several interesting articles that we have the pleasure to give all reader. The first is a study of unglazed jar burials, which was discovered at the Special exhibition.... 1 ancient city of Bang Khlang by Wanaporn Khambut, our new assistant curator, as her master’s thesis. The second is the latest report of the thermoluminescence test Ritual Practice of the Jar of Ko Noi kilns no. 61 at Si Satchanalai conducted by the Fine Arts Department. 2 Burials at Bang Khlang.... The dating of unglazed stoneware is consistent with the dating of Chinese celadon produced at kilns in Zhejiang and Guangdong that are dated to the reign of Hongzhi News in brief... 3 (late 15th to early 16th century), and are often found together. These unglazed jars Chinese Tea Ceramics have been also excavated at Penny’s Bay in Hong Kong and some archaeological sites in Bangkok National 4 in Japan. We will invite Dr.Sharon to report about unglazed jars at Penny’s Bay, and Museum Ko Mukai to report about jar burials in Japan in the next issue. In addition, there are Sukhothai and Si interesting articles about Chinese tea ceramics in the Bangkok National Museum Satchanalai Ceramics... 7 by John J. Toomey and Mataban jars found in Kenya by Ceasar Bita and Atthasit Sukkham. page 2 RITUAL PRACTICE OF THE JAR the northern side of the temple BURIALS AT BANG KHLANG which has 69 burials, location B ANCIENT CITY, SUKHOTHAI on the southern side which has PROVINCE 42 burials,and location C on the eastern side which has 23 buri- The location of this archaeological als. In some of the jar burials the site is Bang Khlang ancient city, skeletal remains were burned Sawankalok district, Sukhothai with fire before being placed in province. Archaeological studies the jar. In some of them appli- conducted up to the present time ances and jewelry were put into have found remains in Bang Kh- the jar together with skeletal re- lang ancient city at 22 temples, mains as the grave goods. The including 4 temples within the jars used for jar burials are from city, and 18 temples outside the the Ko Noi kilns in Si Satchana- city. Archaeological excavations lai district, Sukhothai province. have been completed at some of Stoneware (Pottery #112, WB’99/101) the large temples. There is evi- The second phase was dur- dence of buildings used for reli- ing the late 15th to 16th centuries. These types of ceramics are also gious rituals, such as the viharn We found 12 unglazed earthen- used for secondary burials and of Bot and Yaichaiyamongkol ware pots containing skeletal assumed to be Ayutthaya style. Temples. remains. They were buried sur- rounding stupas that were built Reporter: Wannaporn Khambut The results of the study of the over the viharn of a Buddhist ritual practice of jar burials at temple. Most of the earthenware the Bot and Yaichaiyamongkol pots are primarily undecorated, Temples can be categorized in but some of them have stamped two different phases as follows: decoration on the shoulder. The first phase is during the late 14th to mid-15th centuries. Most of the ceramics are unglazed baluster-shaped stoneware jars with tiny token handles and incised decoration on the up- per shoulder. The skeletal re- mains were put inside the jar and buried under the wall of a Buddhist temple. The jars were also buried together as a large Pottery groups containing bones found Bot Temple group, such as location A on along the north wall LATEST REPORT OF THERMOLUMINESCENCE TEST OF KILN NO. 61, KO NOI COMPLEX At Si Satchanalai Historical Park every year in the rainy season an un- derground tunnel kiln at the kiln no. 61 site, Ko Noi complex (including kilns nos.176, 177 and 178) is damaged by underground water from a small canal located to the northwest with a very high risk of the col- lapse of the kiln and the wall. In order to prevent this The Fine Arts Department agrees to preserve the archaeology excavation site at the kiln no. 61’s Conservation and Learning Center. The final report of the Thermoluminescence (TL) test by the Earth Sciences Department, Faculty of SCIENCE, Kasetsart University, has been made after an excavation. Ten samples from the kiln site were selected, and the TL test result shows they are 450±50 years. The last activity at the kiln site is dated to the 16th century. Reporter: Bundit Thongaram, Fine Arts Department. page 3 MARTABAN JARS FOUND IN KENYA Caesar Bita from the National Museum of Kenya has reported about the excavation and sur- vey finds by the archaeological research on the Kenyan coast during 1980s to 2000s. A few ceramic vessels have been found from the underwater excavation of the 17th century Portuguese shipwreck named Santo Antonio de Tanna, which sunk in the Indian Ocean off the Kenyan coast. In the col- lection of Fort Jesus Museum in Mombasa where there were a few important port towns such as Malindi and Lamu in Kenya. Figs. 1 and 2 A Martaban brown glazed jar, the collection of Fort Jesus Museum in Mombasa. Martaban jars are among the in- teresting ceramic vessels in the 17th centuries (Figs. 1 ,2). collection there. They are Bur- mese blackish-brown glazed Moreover, Sumarah Adhayatman Reporters: Caesar Bita and jars with four strap handles, and Abu Ridho in 1985 men- Atthasit Sukkham appliqué decoration of dots tioned that this type of Mar- and lines on upper part, and taban jar have been found in dark reddish-brown body made Indonesia, as evidence of the at Martaban in southern Burma trade between Indonesia and and dated around the 16th to lower Burma as well. News in brief... NEW RESEARCH ON THAI TRADE CERAMICS FOUND IN CAMBODIA AND HONG KONG The Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum (SEACM), Bangkok University assisted two research teams from Cambodia and Hong Kong for their data collection and comparison at mu- seums and kiln sites in Thailand. The research team from Cambodia was comprised of Dr. Nancy Beaven from the University of Otago in New Zealand and Tep Sokha from the ceramics conservation laboratory at the Royal University of Fine Arts in Cambodia who are responsible for research on the Cardamom Mountain burial sites and the Koh S’dech shipwreck in Koh Kong province, southwestern Cambodia. The other re- (Left to right) Atthasit Sukkham, Dr.
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