Thai Sawankhalok Brown-Glazed Stoneware Mercury Bottle sewingneedle such forms were not only

such forms were not only aesthetic but deeply emblematic—embodying the balance between material wealth and divine virtue

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particularly around Pinghe County

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Thai Sawankhalok Brown-Glazed Stoneware Mercury Bottle sewingneedle such forms were not onlyAyutthaya Kingdom Period, c. 13001500 AD, Ban Ko Noi Kilns, Sawankhalok, Thailand A finw small gourd shaped stoneware bottle with sloping shoulders, a long narrow neck, and a flaring rim, resting on a flat unglazed base. The vessel is coated with a lustrous deep brown glaze that extends from the shoulders downward, typical of the fine wares produced at the Ban Ko Noi kilns of Sawankhalok in north central Thailand. Small bottles of this type were