A large Khmer black glazed stoneware jar, Angkor period (802-1431), 12th/13th century, the large stoneware jar in baluster form with a widely everted mouth rim, decorated with horizontal lines and combed patterns, four lug handles, the whole covered in a rich deep blackish-brown iron glaze. 67 cm high, 43 cm diameter. Provenance: Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 'The Bolster collection of Asian and Ethnographic Artefacts', 11 July 2018, lot 399.