Minneapolis Institute of Art
Lime Jar in the Form of an Elephant
Khmer artistLinkedCulture matchlcp-864f0fe62404
- Date
- 11th–12th century
- Medium
- Khmer ware Stoneware with molded decor under brown glaze
- Culture
- Khmer
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 4456
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
By the early 1000s, much of Thailand had been consolidated under Khmer rule (802–1437 CE). A highway linking the Khorat Plateau—site of Ban Chiang ceramic production, an example of which is in the case at far left—to Angkor (in present-day Cambodia) increased regional trade and the distribution of distinctive chocolate-glazed ceramics in animal forms. This regally attired elephant resembles those used in Khmer royal processions. Such a ceramic container likely stored lime, an ingredient used in the preparation of betel, a mild stimulant popular throughout Southeast Asia.
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- Credit line
- Gift of funds from Clifford and Suzanne Roberts and Louis W. Hill, Jr.
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