Lime Jar in the Form of an Elephant, 11th-12th century, 7 3/8 x 7 3/8 in. ( x cm), Khmer ware Stoneware with molded decor under brown glaze, Thailand, 11th-12th century, By the early 1000s, much of Thailand had been consolidated under Khmer rule (802–1437 CE). A highway linking the Khorat Plateau—site of Ban Chiang ceramic production, an example of which is in the case at far left—to Angkor (in present-day Cambodia) increased regional trade and the distribution of distinctive chocolate-glazed ceramics in animal forms.

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