SC FANTASTIC THAI / SAWANKHALOK POTTERY FINIAL OF MYTHICAL SERPENT NAGA
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FANTASTIC THAI / SAWANKHALOK POTTERY FINIAL OF MYTHICAL SERPENT. NAGA - 15th-16th cent.
An exquicit Thai Sawankhalok brown and pearl-white glazed pottery model of the mythical serpent Naga, dating to the 15th/16th Cent. AD.
Figures of this type were placed on the end of a roof to protect the people in the house from evil spirits.
The creature is standing on a plint, fierce looking, with open mouth The ar...chitectural fixture with an open mouth and ferocious expression.
Naga serpent deities are largely associated with protection, an association featured by the Buddhist account of the naga Muchalinda sheltering Shakyamuni in meditation from harsh weather.
The naga is also tied closely with nature and water, with the ability to both nourish life and afflict it with natural disaster.
This rendition is more popularly found in the combination of Buddhist and local folk culture from Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam, where communities flourish around water and the Mekong River culture.
This fierce, stylistic depiction of naga is an established component of Buddhist ‘wat’ architecture in Thailand. The naga head emerges at the end of decorative ‘lamyong’ roof finials, with the neck twisted upwards in a sagittal s-curve and gaze pointed towards the heavens. This image of the water serpent represented a bridge between heaven and earth, a harmonized relationship in Buddhist cosmology. These architectural and sculptural images evolved from ancient Indian, Chinese, and Southeast Asian influences to form a distinct Thai cultural emblem.
Size is ca. 30 cm - 11, 8 inches.
Condition: Superb, as made.
Ex. Danish private collection of Southeast Asian ceramics and pottery.
Est: $600-700.
Start: $299.
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