A GROUP OF TWO ‘THEPANOM AND NORASINGH’ BENCHARON...
A GROUP OF TWO ‘THEPANOM AND NORASINGH’ BENCHARON WARE LIDDED POTS
China for Thailand / Siam, Bencharong ware, Ayutthaya Period, 18th-19th century
Both with a lotus bud shaped finial and reserved-decorated with red and yellow thepanom and norasingh on a black ground.
Dimensions (the biggest): H: 10,8 cm
Also included in that lot:
- a small ‘flower’ lidded pot, also a Bencharong ware, that one dating to the King Rama V (1868-1910) period - H: 7,5 cm
- a small lidded silver pot dating to the King Rama V (1868-1910) period - H: 4,2 cm
Notes:
1. Sets of porcelain such as this example were commissioned from China, usually from the southern Jiangxi province, and exported to Thailand.
2. The thepanom is a celestial being from Buddhist cosmology. The norasingh is a mythical forest-dwelling semi-deity with a human head, torso, and arms but with the hind-quarters of a lion and the tail and hoofs of a deer.
3. Thai Minor Arts, The Fine Arts Department, 1993; Treasures from the National Museum, Bangkok, The National Museum Volunteers, 1987; McGill, F. (ed.), Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam and Burma, 1775-1950, Asian Art Museum, 2009; and Bromberg, P., ‘A passion for Bencharong’, in Arts of Asia, May-June, 2010.
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A GROUP OF TWO ‘THEPANOM AND NORASINGH’ BENCHARON WARE LIDDED POTS
China for Thailand / Siam, Bencharong ware, Ayutthaya Period, 18th-19th century
Both with a lotus bud shaped finial and reserved-decorated with red and yellow thepanom and norasingh on a black ground.
Dimensions (the biggest): H: 10,8 cm
Also included in that lot:
- a small ‘flower’ lidded pot, also a Bencharong ware, that one dating to the King Rama V (1868-1910) period - H: 7,5 cm
- a small lidded silver pot dating to the King Rama V (1868-1910) period - H: 4,2 cm
Notes:
1. Sets of porcelain such as this example were commissioned from China, usually from the southern Jiangxi province, and exported to Thailand.
2. The thepanom is a celestial being from Buddhist cosmology. The norasingh is a mythical forest-dwelling semi-deity with a human head, torso, and arms but with the hind-quarters of a lion and the tail and hoofs of a deer.
3. Thai Minor Arts, The Fine Arts Department, 1993; Treasures from the National Museum, Bangkok, The National Museum Volunteers, 1987; McGill, F. (ed.), Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam and Burma, 1775-1950, Asian Art Museum, 2009; and Bromberg, P., ‘A passion for Bencharong’, in Arts of Asia, May-June, 2010.
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