Sale 1264
New York
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18 September 2003
Price realised
USD 1,792
Estimate
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
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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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