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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4315091, member: 2844&quot;]Very nice, J. It is Southeast Asian utilitarian (stone)ware, much like the Martaban storage vessels with those rings for ropes around the neck.</p><p>It could have been made in Shiwan, China, which is also known for making Martabans. Similar storage vessels were made in other parts of coastal Southeast Asia, so it could also have been made in Vietnam, for instance.</p><p><br /></p><p>Martaban is the old name of Mottama, a port in Burma/Myanmar, so that gives you an idea how widespread the use&nbsp; of these vessels is.</p><p><br /></p><p>Below is a Martaban from Shiwan. Yours is not a Martaban, strictly speaking, but it is in the same range of stoneware storage vessels:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://seek-unique-co.s3.amazonaws.com/vanhalm_84hGjsme92-Dfwev-187rC/stock/60c8b733bcb52_15_2528.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://vanhalmandvanhalm.co.uk/miscellaneous/shiwan-martaban" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://vanhalmandvanhalm.co.uk/miscellaneous/shiwan-martaban" rel="nofollow">https://vanhalmandvanhalm.co.uk/miscellaneous/shiwan-martaban</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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