Figure of a pair of fighting elephants
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Object Details
- Description
- Small figurine of pair of fighting elephants on rectangular base
- Clay: buff with black speckles
- Glaze: thin mottled iron glaze, olive-brown to dark brown, covering upper portion of figures; lower portion and base unglazed
- Decoration: modeled details of eyes, ears, tails
- Mark: none
- Provenance
- From 1957 to 1989
- Dean Frasché, Greenwich, CT, acquired in Sawankhalok, Thailand, in 1957 [1]
- From 1989
- Freer Gallery of Art, given by Dean Frasché in 1989
- Notes:
- [1] According to Curatorial Note3 in the object record.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Ceramics from Thailand (July 1, 2013 to March 2, 2014)
- Taking Shape: Ceramics in Southeast Asia (April 1, 2007 to December 4, 2011)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Dean Frasché (1906-1994)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dean Frasché
- mid 16th century
- Period
- Ayutthaya period
- Accession Number
- F1989.53
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- Stoneware with iron glaze
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (overall): 4.2 x 2.6 x 6.8 cm (1 5/8 x 1 x 2 11/16 in)
- Style
- Sawankhalok ware
- Origin
- Ban Pa Yang kilns, Si Satchanalai, Sukhothai province, North-central Thailand
- Related Online Resources
- Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia
- F|S Southeast Asia
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- ceramic
- Sawankhalok ware
- elephant
- Thailand
- Ayutthaya period (1351 - 1767)
- stoneware
- brown and black glaze
- Southeast Asian Art
- Record ID
- fsg_F1989.53
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3a42afff2-6a73-4faa-aa67-723175851022
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