Description:

Southeast Asia, modern day Vietnam, Annamese (sometimes Anamese), ca. 16th century CE. A gorgeous white porcelain lime container with an elegant strap handle featuring appliqued decorations and light green hued accents. The vessel features a corseted base with a flat bottom. Its body is of a spherical form with a modest opening to its interior cavity. A wonderful craquelure accents the surface throughout! Size: 5.5" in diameter x 5.75" H (14 cm x 14.6 cm)

This curiously shaped pot was used for betel chewing, a custom common throughout Southeast Asia - they would be passed around to guests, who each inserted a petite spoon or finger into the vessel to extract the amount of lime required. This was then smeared on a betel leaf, together with slices of areca nut and often extra flavorings such as clove and cardamom, folded into a wad, and chewed. The pot is modeled in the shape of an areca nut, the seed of the areca palm tree that grows in most tropical countries.

Provenance: ex-Ashland University Museum, Ashland, Ohio, USA

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  • Condition: Surface wear commensurate with use and age. Otherwise, in excellent condition and fully intact. Wonderfully conserved through time!

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