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<p>[QUOTE="Paul W, post: 4543553, member: 77343"]It's a Thai benjarong ("5 color") vase, with images from the Thai Ramakien (Ramayana in India).</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting (to me, anyway) that "benja" (five) is related to the English prefix "penta" meaning five, like pentangle, or the Pentagon.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a similar vase:</p><p><a href="https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-craft-benjarong-is-traditional-thai-five-basic-colors-style-pottery-87792061.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-craft-benjarong-is-traditional-thai-five-basic-colors-style-pottery-87792061.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-craft-benjarong-is-traditional-thai-five-basic-colors-style-pottery-87792061.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Paul W, post: 4543553, member: 77343"]It's a Thai benjarong ("5 color") vase, with images from the Thai Ramakien (Ramayana in India). Interesting (to me, anyway) that "benja" (five) is related to the English prefix "penta" meaning five, like pentangle, or the Pentagon. Here's a similar vase: [URL]https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-craft-benjarong-is-traditional-thai-five-basic-colors-style-pottery-87792061.html[/URL][/QUOTE]
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