Cleveland Museum of Art

Jar in the Shape of a Fruit

Date

1100s

Medium

glazed pottery with brown slip

Culture

Cambodia, Northeast Thai kiln, Khmer Ware, Angkor Wat/Bayon period, 12th century

Department

Indian and Southeast Asian Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

This dark-brown glazed jar, with the heavy clay body and translucent glaze on the cover and the top just below it, has a rare shape of a fruit. It has a narrow foot with several moldings and incised wavy pattern immediately below the cover which is shaped in the form of a curling fruit stem that forms a handle. It is difficult to determine what type of fruit was meant, possibly a squash.

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