This blackware jar consists of a flared mouth, an everted rim, a flange around the mid section and a slightly flared foot. The sides are decorated with a geometric design that was finished by burnishing the surface. The contrast between the polished surface and the impressed background resulted in a striking design.The site of Ban Chiang was first discovered in 1957. Pottery was found with skeletal remains, glass beads as well as iron and bronze bracelets. Early Period pottery consisted mainly of ceramic vessels in ring-based or pedestalled forms. Decorations were mostly abstract geometric and curvilinear shapes divided into bands across the vessel.Painted vessels such as this were probably not used as everyday ware in the Ban Chiang culture. These vessels were probably used as burial jars to contain either food or objects for the decesaed in their afterlife.
