Fragment of the hind quarters of a hand-modelled elephant

Object Details

• Provenance

  1957

  John A. Pope (1906-1982), Washington DC, collected in Ban Pa Yang kilns, Sawankhalok, Thailand. [1]

  From 1957

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of John A. Pope, Washington DC [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See Study Collection catalogue card, Collections Management Office. See also John A. Pope Papers, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dr. John Alexander Pope (1906-1982)

• Origin

  Ban Pa Yang kilns, Si Satchanalai, Sukhothai province, Thailand

• Credit Line

  Gift of John A. Pope

• Type

  Sculpture

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1600s, 1300s

• Name

  Pope, John Alexander

• Place

  Ban Pa Yang kilns, Sukhothai province, Si Satchanalai, Thailand

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Southeast Asians

• Object Type

  Sculpture