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.

CONDITION

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LOT 1996