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Pair of Vintage Thai Bencharong Lidded Jars, 20th century.
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Pair of Vintage Thai Bencharong Lidded Jars, 20th century.
Bencharong enamel decoration with Buddhist imagery on a black background. This porcelain jar and lid form having a raised foot rim and lotus bud on a disk lid finial are richly decorated in bright polychrome enamels in the style of the royal household ceramics favored by the nobility in eighteenth century Siam. This colorful style became known as “bencharong”, a term that derives from two Sanskrit words – panch (‘five’) and rong (‘colour’) and which relates to the number of colors used to decorate such porcelain. These jars and covers are decorated with typical Thai motifs. The sides are decorated with four Thepanom (Buddhist celestial beings) each wearing a broad necklace of petals and seated on a lotus within triangular cartouches that have a coral-red ground. Four Norasingh (mythical forest-dwelling semi-deity with a human head, torso, and arms but with the hind-quarters of a lion and the tail and hoofs of a deer) against black back grounds filled with flaming purple kranok motifs. This design is framed by two floral bands top and bottom. The interior is a covered in a transparent glaze with unglazed lid edge and the gallery interior edge of the lid unglazed.
Condition: Excellent
Each measuring: 5 in. in diameter x 6 in. high (12.7 x 15.2cm)
Each weighing: 1 lb. 5.5 oz. (610g.)
20th century.
Provenance:
Dr. Philip Gould, New York, NY.
Millea Brothers, New Jersey
For similar examples see:
William Warren & Luca Invernizzi Tettoni, Arts and Crafts of Thailand, Chronicle Books, San Francisco 1994, p.33.
Bonhams New York, Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Art, 17 Sep. 2014, lot 180 With the following notes: Bencharong porcelains were commissioned from China by Thai royalty. As Thailand's economy prospered, production was extended to officials, aristocracy, and wealthy merchants as well. For an extensive discussion with numerous examples held in the Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, see the recent publication Habu & Rooney (ed.), Royal Porcelain from Siam, Unpacking the Ring Collection, Oslo, 2013.
- Dimensions:Height: 6 in (15.24 cm)Diameter: 5 in (12.7 cm)
- Sold As:Set of 2
- Style:Other (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:20th century
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- Seller Location:Point Richmond, CA
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