This vase has a long columnar neck and ovoid body which tapers towards a pedestal base. It is covered in a dark brown glaze which stops above the foot. The vase is decorated with incised concentric circles at the base of the neck and above the foot.Khmer ceramics have a variety of distinctive forms. However, only two types of glazes were used. One was thin, pale green, usually translucent and finely crazed while the other varied from chestnut brown to olive-green and black and always mottled. Sometimes these two glazes were used on one piece.Excavations show that brown glazed wares were produced by the late tenth century. Khmer ceramics are noted for their simplicity in design. Decoration was used in moderation thus allowing for the beauty of the forms to stand out.
