Sangkhalok ceramics of Sukhothai and Si Satchanalai
Cerámica Sangkhalok de Sukhothai y Si Satchanalai
- Date
- c. siglos XIV-XVI · confidence low
- Place
- Si Satchanalai, Sukhothai, Thailand
- Credited to
- Sukhothai potters
- Field
- Matter & energy
⚠️ Disputed: the sources disagree.
What it is
High-fired stoneware with green celadon, white glazes and painted decoration, fired in the dragon kilns of Si Satchanalai and Sukhothai. It was an export product sold across Southeast Asia, as far as Japan and the Philippines.
The start date of the kilns is debated: one tradition links it to the supposed arrival of Chinese potters with Ram Khamhaeng (c. 1300), but the archaeological chronology points to the mid-14th century. The origin of the name 'Sangkhalok' is disputed.
What it led to
- Siam's ceramic trade with East Asian ports
- ceramics of Ayutthaya and northern Thailand
- archaeological markers in Southeast Asian shipwrecks