The Journal of the Siam Society Vol. XLIV, Part 1-2, 1956 - Khamkoo

Siam and the Pottery Trade of Asia 59
·Ohinese emblems were incorporated into Persian. ceramics, :just as
at the 'beginning of the 14th centtny, only a few years later, Chin·ese
designs ann techniques were being employed by Chi:nese poltei's at
S1:1khothai.
Sukhothai and Sawankalok Wares
In attempting to r·eprodnce the wares of T'zn Chot1 the
potters at Snkhothai tnl'ller1 out a hard, thick stoneware having a
white slip decoratec1 with simple designs in black and hl'o\vn nnder
a rat.her thin, yellowish-grey glnze. It. appeat·s that Snkhot.bai wat•e
was pt•odnced for only a brief time, possibly for only fifteen OI'
twenty y-€ars, although the kilns in Lhis area probably continued t:o
make elaborate roof tiles and architectural ornaments for a much
longer perior1. Tradition holcls, however, that. the Chinese potters
soon be·came clissatisfled with the quality of the clay at Snkhothai,
and with royal appt·oval moved theit· kilns to a more favorable site
near Sawankalok, some fift.y miles nort.h. Accordingly, there
began to be produced at Sawanknlok a new t.ypP of hard, thick
stoneware of almost porccllaneous quality with incised and painted
designs, along with great quantities of undecorated monochromes
with glazes running from a hlnish-grey to the typical celaclon greens.
Thns from around the middle of the 14th century the kilns
at Sawankalok began to make a type of wa1·e totally different from
whll.t ha