A THAI SUKHOTHAI GLAZED NAGA HEAD ROOF FINIAL

15TH/16TH CENTURY

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A THAI SUKHOTHAI GLAZED NAGA HEAD ROOF FINIAL
15th/16th Century
Hollow-modelled as the rearing forequarters of a dragon, naga, the detailing incised and painted in iron-oxide on a white slip under a clear glaze
19¾in. (50.2cm.) high

Lot Essay

Compare the similar architectural ornament in the shape of a mythical dragon, but clenching a spherical object between its bared teeth, illustrated by K. Itoi, Thai Ceramics from the Sosai Collection, Oxford, 1989, no. 3.

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