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THAILAND, SAWANKHALOK, 14TH/15TH CENTURY
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A POTTERY INCENSE BURNER IN THE SHAPE OF A GUARDIAN LION
THAILAND, SAWANKHALOK, 14TH/15TH CENTURY
Realistically modelled, standing erect on all fours, with abundant mane and open mouth, wearing a necklace, its coat rendered in underglaze brown and a cream-colored slip, its back with raised circular opening
9 ½ in. (24.2 cm.) high
THAILAND, SAWANKHALOK, 14TH/15TH CENTURY
Realistically modelled, standing erect on all fours, with abundant mane and open mouth, wearing a necklace, its coat rendered in underglaze brown and a cream-colored slip, its back with raised circular opening
9 ½ in. (24.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Austins Company Ltd., Bangkok, 7 November 1974.
Literature
R. Ellsworth et. al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Arts of Asia and Neighboring Cultures, New York, 1993, vol. III, pp. 148-149, no. 93.
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