Thai Sawankhalok Brown-Glazed Stoneware Mercury Bottle sewingneedle particularly around Pinghe County

particularly around Pinghe County

These containers were typically kept by the senior male of the family (esa)

After fulfilling their purpose

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

particularly the fertile Baliem Valley

Thai Sawankhalok Brown-Glazed Stoneware Mercury Bottle sewingneedle particularly around Pinghe CountyAyutthaya 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