Elephant figurine with damaged small platform on back

Object Details

• Provenance

  From 1970-72 to 2001

  Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge [1]

  From 2001

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge in 2001

  Notes:

  [1] Object file. Collected by Victor Hauge on visits to the U Thong kiln sites in Bangkok, Thailand.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Victor (1919-2013) and Takako (1923-2015) Hauge

• Origin

  Pa Yang kilns, Si Satchanalai, Sukhothai province, Thailand

• Credit Line

  Gift of Victor and Takako Hauge

• Type

  Sculpture

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1400s, 1690s

• Name

  Hauge, Victor and Takako

• Place

  Pa Yang kilns, Sukhothai province, Si Satchanalai, Thailand

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Southeast Asians

• Object Type

  Sculpture