Ceremonial vessel in the form of a Water Buffalo, 1000-300 BCE, Unknown, 13 x 15 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (33 x x cm), Earthenware with impressed designs, Thailand, 10th-3rd century BCE, Among the first domesticated animals in Thailand, the water buffalo was instrumental to the plowing of rice fields and also a likely symbol of abundance for the afterlife. These three vessels, including an exceptionally large one in the form of a water buffalo, were found as a group in graves, where they had been smashed as offerings over the bodies of the deceased.

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