Figure of six ducks

Object Details

• Description

  Figurine which consists of a grouping of six hand-modelled waterfowl on a 1 cm-thick clay disk. Five of the figures appear to be ducklings. These are grouped around and are facing the sixth duck in a "hub and spokes" pattern. The sixth figure is somewhat taller and larger and is presumably the "mother." Three of the smaller ducks have their heads touching that of the center figure, while one rests its beak on its mother's tail. The piece is complete except for a chip which has removed half of the head of one duckling.

  Clay: moderately fine, reddish-tan stoneware.

  Glaze: An iron-brown glaze was applied to the ducks but not to the supporting disk on which they sit.

  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

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1600s, 1300s

• Name

  Spinks, Charles Nelson

• Place

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

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Southeast Asians

• Object Type

  Sculpture