Paper short abstract

The discovery of three virtually complete decorated bronze bowls in the River Tapao at Kaeo Sam Kaeo, Chumphon Province, Thailand necessitates a a re-evaluation of the whole set.

Paper long abstract

Over the past three decades a number of, mostly fragmentary, decorated bronze bowls have been found or excavated in Thailand. The discovery of three virtually complete decorated bronze bowls recovered from the River Tapao at Khao Sam Kaeo between 2010 and 2014 prompts me to offer a re-evaluation of the whole set and alter some of the interpretations previously published.