Figure of elephant with rider

Object Details

• Description

  Hand-modelled figurine of an elephant and rider. A large mass of sandy accretion from the kiln floor is attached to left rear foot of the elephant. The rider is broken off at the waist. The trunk section of elephant's head has been reattached. A large protruberance attached to the elephant's side below the rider's right foot has also broken off. Appliqued tail of elephant is chipped. Elephant's eyes and ear lobes are appliqued.

  Clay: Moderately fine, tan stoneware.

  Glaze: Iron-brown glaze covers rider and elephant to roughly the level of the elephant's knees.

  Decoration: None.

• Provenance

  To 1956

  Charles Nelson Spinks (1906-1980), collected in Ban Ko Noi kilns, Si Satchanalai (Sawankhalok), Thailand. [1]

  From 1956

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Nelson Spinks. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See Study Collection catalogue card, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Charles Nelson Spinks (1906-1980)

• Origin

  Ban Ko Noi kilns, Si Satchanalai, Sukhothai province, Thailand

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Nelson Spinks

• Type

  Sculpture

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1590s, 1400s

• Name

  Spinks, Charles Nelson

• Place

  Sukhothai province, Si Satchanalai, Ban Ko Noi kilns, Thailand

• Topic

  Art, Animals, Ayutthaya period (1351 - 1767), Stoneware, Southeast Asian Art, Ceramics, Sawankhalok ware, Elephants

• Culture

  Southeast Asians

• Object Type

  Sculpture