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LOT 1996
Thai Glazed Terracotta Mother and Child Figure
14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/8 in. (245 grams, 10.5 cm high).
With celadon glaze, nursing mother shown kneeling and naked with suckling child held to the left breast, the hair drawn back into a topknot, with lentoid eyes and applied facial detailing. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the H.N. collection, Milton Keynes, Berkshire, UK, 1990s.
Literature
Cf. an example on the Connell Collection, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco reference 1989.34.23.
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