Page 7 - Index Pottery of Dvaravati Period - Professor Emerita Dr.Phasook Indrawooth

Abstract

A study on the pottery excavated from various archaeological sites Dvaravati
period have led to conclusion that Dvaravati pottery are unglazed earthenware which

were made in wheel-throwing method and fired in the open-hearth kiln. The analytical
study Dvaravati pottery has revealed the fact that the raw materials used by the native

potters spoute occur locally. It is observed that various types of Dvaravati pottery

inherited the ancient types produced since prehistoric time:- e.g. dish-on-stand,
carinated vessel etc. However, some other types, i.e. shallow bowl used as lamp,

spouted bowl used as lamp and spouted vessels (spouted pot, sprinkler) show close
similarity in both shape and design to prototypes of the north-western, western and

southern parts of India from early India Christian era up to the Gupta (400 - 600 A.D.)

and post-Gupta period (700 - 800 A.D.)
Regarding technique and pattern of decoration, primitive technique and design;

e.g. incising technique with line and wave design, wrapped paddle technique with cord

and mat-marking design and impressing technique with finger design still existed.
However foreign technique was introduced by Indian potters of Gupta and post-Gupta

periods; technique of decorating the pot in relief by means of a mould (stamping

technique) with various devices, i.e. human figure in different postures, animal figure
as well flower motif. From such studies, it is concluded that the imitation of Indian

pottery both in form and design clearly indicates a close relationship between
Dvaravati population and Indian people, not only by way of trade but also by way of

settlement, probably by traders and priests who brought with them the India culture

of Gupta and post-Gupta periods (400 - 800 A.D.)
Besides direct contact with Indian people from the 4 to the 8 century A.D.,
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Dvaravati communities might have had a direct or indirect contact with other ancient
towns in Southeast Asia; e.g. Beikthano in Myanmar Óc-Eo in Vietnam, Sombor in

Cambodia, other ancient towns in Malay Peninsula and in Indonesia, where similar

types of pottery have been excavated; e.g. spouted pots, sprinkler, lamps (shallow
bowl used as lamp) etc.

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