Tuccata, Sawankhalok.
€180,00
- Tuccata“, a celadon-glazed terracotta votive figure of a woman carrying a child, found in the rice fields.
- Restoration of the head: The head was separated from the body and thrown into the wild at birth to appease evil spirits and protect the newborn.
- Atypical detail: the subject has his cheek filled: he chews betel.
- (Siam)Thailand, Sawankhalok, Sukhothai 14th/16th century.
- H 12 cm x W 5 cm x D 5 cm
- Provenance, estate of Asian art collector and dealer Claude de Marteau.
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