Antique Sawankhalok Jar with Encrustations, Sawankhalok, Thailand, 15th Century

Antique Thai Architectural Ornament, Sukhothai kilns, 15th century. A glazed hollow ceramic roof tile finial of the Naga/Makara Dragon torso design supported by front talons and his ...

Antique Thai Architectural Ornament, Sukhothai kilns, 15th century. A glazed hollow ceramic roof tile finial of the Naga/Makara Dragon design having a robust chest supported by front talons and his upright bearded head with open mouth bearing his pointed teeth, further decorated in iron brown under glaze painted highlights, covered in a cream white transparent glaze. From North-Central Thailand, Sukhothai Kingdom, a 15th century sculptural architectural ornament, high-fired glazed stoneware roof tile for decorating and elaborately embellishing the roof of a Thai temple, which was generally constructed of wood and therefore long perished, leaving the remains of the roof tiles, such as this finial. Later custom fitted teak rectangular base included. Measuring: 17-3/8 in. high x 6-1/4 in. wide x 8 in. deep. (44 x 16 x 20.5cm) Weight: 10 lb. 2 oz. (4600g.) 15th Century. $4500. Provenance: with Peng Seng Antique Ltd., Bangkok 1993 (original receipt and certificate of antiquity). William R. Appleby, New York Doyle New York, Asian Works of Art September 21, 2020 lot #338. For similar examples in Museum Collections see: Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore, accession no. C-1453. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, accession no. 2001.2 Brooklyn Museum, accession no. 84.133.5 Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 2019.570.0 National Gallery of Victoria. Melbourne accession no. AS86-1984. The Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, accession no. BATEA 1138. Yousef Jameel Centre for Islamic and Asian Art, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University, accession no. EA1969.75 Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, 1990.184 For similar examples in publications see: Siamese Pottery in Indonesia, Charles Nelson Spinks, The Siam Society, Bangkok, 1959, Fig. 1. Ceramic Art of Southeast Asia, William Willets, The Southeast Asian...

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Antique Thai Frog Shaped Kendi, Sawankhalok Kilns, Si Satchanalai. A squat globular stoneware body of good size having a narrow upright neck and everted mouth. The short narrow spout has the shape of an imagined frog snout. The modeled details include bulging eyes, ridge lines demarcating the spine, outline of the trunk and the legs with small webbed feet. The pot is glazed overall in a rich brown glaze lightly pitted from burial which stops short of the well trimmed foot rim revealing the beige colored biscuit. Condition: Excellent with no knowledge or evidence of any restorations. Age: 13th/14th century. Size: 5.5 inches high x 5.5 inches in diameter (14 x 14cm). Weight: 1 lb. 10.5 oz. (753g.) Provenance: U.S.A. art market For similar examples see: Museum of Anthropological Archaeology, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Bekker Collection UMAA 2007-8-56. Charles Nelson Spinks, Siamese Pottery in Indonesia, fig. 42. Charles Nelson Spinks, The Ceramic Wares of Siam, Ladejinsky collection, pl.36. Roxanna Brown, Legend and Reality, Early Ceramics from South-East Asia, pl.180. Note: Sawankhalok zoomorphic kendis have mostly been found  in the 20th century within the Indonesian archipelago. This may indicate that the shape, such as this frog pot...

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