Object Details
Description
Small ewer with elephant-headed spout, upright neck with everted rim, and carved foot
CLAY: gray with black speckles
GLAZE: opaque white glaze on neck and sculpted details of elephant features; mottled medium-brown glaze on body and elephant head; interior and base unglazed
DECORATION: relief modeled details of elephant head and tail, with cord binding "body" at midpoint
MARK: none
Provenance
From 1957
Dean Frasché, collected in 1957 from Sawankhalok, Thailand. [1]
To 1989
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Dean Frasché, Greenwich, Connecticut. [2]
Notes:
[1] Curatorial Remark 6 in the object record.
[2] See note 1.
Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920, Collections Management Office.
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History
Ceramics from Thailand (July 1, 2013 to March 2, 2014)
Previous custodian or owner
Dean F. Frasche (1906-1994)
Credit Line
Gift of Dean Frasché
Date
16th century
Period
Ayutthaya period
Accession Number
F1989.55
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Vessel
Medium
Stoneware with white and iron glazes
Dimensions
H x W x D: 7.3 x 7.4 x 9.3 cm (2 7/8 x 2 15/16 x 3 11/16 in)
Style
Sawankhalok ware
Origin
Si Satchanalai, Sukhothai province, Thailand
Related Online Resources
Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia
Google Arts & Culture
NMAA Southeast Asia
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National Museum of Asian Art
Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
ceramic
Sawankhalok ware
elephant
Thailand
Ayutthaya period (1351 - 1767)
stoneware
brown and black glaze
white glaze
Southeast Asian Art
Link to Original Record
Record ID
fsg_F1989.55