National Museum of Asian Art, East Building
The Glazed Elephant: Ceramic Traditions in Cambodia
April 15, 2017 – July 9, 2017
Water-pouring elephants; lime pots shaped like birds, rabbits, and lions; bottles with human faces and hands folded in reverence: these vessels feature in the ceramic traditions of the Angkor kingdom (802–1431). The Glazed Elephant explores these unconventional forms, their supposed functions, and the people who made and used them during this famous period in Cambodia’s history.
