{"product_id":"southeast-asian-stoneware-covered-box-iron-slip-banded-decoration-hardwood-stand-2-5-inches","title":"Southeast Asian Stoneware Covered Box Iron Slip Banded Decoration Hardwood Stand 2.5\"","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-pre-wrap leading-[1.7]\"\u003eSoutheast Asian Stoneware Covered Box Iron Slip Banded Decoration Hardwood Stand 2.5 Inches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eA small and characterful Southeast Asian stoneware covered box of globular form, the domed lid surmounted by a pointed knop finial with concentric turned rings, fitting snugly onto a rounded bowl-form base. The exterior is decorated with horizontal bands of iron-brown slip on a pale grey-green ground, the slip applied in loose, gestural strokes that break and pool irregularly — a surface quality characteristic of kiln traditions across the Thailand-Vietnam ceramic sphere, where controlled accident was as valued as precision. The interior carries a heavily mottled grey-green glaze with iron spotting throughout. The unglazed foot rim exposes the grey stoneware paste. Presented on a later Chinese carved hardwood stand with openwork ruyi-scroll apron, not original to the piece but well-suited to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-pre-wrap leading-[1.7]\"\u003eDimensions: 2.5\"H with stand × 1.75\"W (6 × 4.5 cm) Weight:\u0026gt;1\/2lb\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eCovered boxes of this globular form with banded iron-slip decoration were produced across multiple kiln centers in mainland Southeast Asia — Thai, Vietnamese, and Burmese traditions all share related formal and decorative vocabularies, and precise attribution without technical analysis is not always possible. Collected in China circa 1960s per vendor provenance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eCondition: Good; chips to interior rim edge. Lid knop intact. Surface as fired — the mottled and varied appearance is characteristic of the ware, not damage or glaze loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eA quietly compelling piece of Southeast Asian ceramic craft — the iron-banded surface and snug-fitting lid retain considerable presence at a compact scale.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Consignment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51729157914941,"sku":"23C*CS009D","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/2348\/3709\/files\/769F4FED-6087-4B24-B7DA-A8B2E883B731_1_105_c.jpg?v=1779151869","url":"https:\/\/shogunsgallery.com\/products\/southeast-asian-stoneware-covered-box-iron-slip-banded-decoration-hardwood-stand-2-5-inches","provider":"Shogun's Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}