This cylindrical urn with a tiered lotus bud lid has incised bands on the shoulder and is covered in dark brown glaze. Urns of this type are thought to have been produced as ceremonial vessels for offerings to deities as well as for everyday use in ancient Khmer.Khmer ceramics are glazed with two main types of glaze; one is a thin pale green, translucent and finely crazed while the other varies from mottled chestnut brown to black. Both glazes were also used to decorate a single vessel.Excavations have shown the earliest glazed wares were introduced by the end of the ninth century but gradually diminished after abundant product in the 12th century. By the 14th century, they seem to have disappeared altogether. Khmer pottery was produced mainly for local use rather than as export wares. However, pieces have been retrieved from Cambodia and former Khmer-influenced regions including Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, and the Malay peninsula.
