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Wedding jar - more photos

by Ryan
(Thailand)

Thanks for all of the feedback Peter.
Here are more photos of the wedding jar. Actually, the first photo is of a different and smaller jar of the same design that I have. I just want to show it for comparison. The second photo is of the jar I want to ask about. It has the horizontal lines that disturb the design a bit. I am wondering if you know the cause of this?
It makes sense what you said about the jars being for a S.E. Asian market. I just got married on the weekend and we had a traditional Thai wedding. We used jars of similar size and shape during the wedding, although they no longer use porcelain for the ceremony. Still, it is nice to see that the tradition is still being followed.

Thanks again for your help!!
Ryan

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Wedding Jar
by: Ryan

Hi Peter. Thanks for your blessings :) Hmm.. the jars we used weren't silver. I think they were brass. Although we also used dark wood inlaid with mother of pearl. I just don't remember which material the jars were made of, because we there were many different items for different ceremonies and I was perhaps too busy trying to figure out what to do all of the time..

This jar was not made in two pieces. It is actually pretty small and thin. And thanks for the explanation on those lines. I kind of guessed that it might be something like that.. I have need of your knowledge again, so I will post more photos tonight.
Thanks..
Ryan
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by: peter

Ah, those lines...I have seen them also on large vases from the late Qing dynasty, but this is rather the exception than the rule. Must be lines in the clay remaining from manufacturing. They are possibly not very visible before firing, but when the glaze melts the blue color runs into these tiny crevices.

Was the jar made in two parts? Most round vessels are made by fitting a separately thrown lower and upper body part together. After they are fit together the excess material needs to be removed; they probably were using a bamboo shaving tool for this, which caused the lines. Just check if you can see on the inside whether two pieces were fit together.

And, congratulations to your marriage. Do they now use silver vessels?

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