A GLAZED STONEWARE FIGURAL GROUP,  SI SATCHANALAI, SUKOTHAI, 16TH CENTURY

formed as an elephant carrying a high-ranking official and its keeper, transporting a wine or oil jug, accompanied by four guards standing on each leg; overall dimensions: 44 (h) x 41 (l) x 25 (d) cm (17 3/8 x 16 1/8 x 9 7/8 in.)

RELATED LITERATURE
Atthasit Sukkham, “Si Satchanalai Figurines: Reconstruction of Ancient Daily Life, Beliefs, and Environment in Siam during the Sixteenth Century,” International Journal of Historical Archaeology 22, (2018): 800–842, especially fig. 25

LOT NOTES
For similar groups, see: Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, accession no. 7710C40M
Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum, Bangkok University, Pathum Thani, Thailand, “Late Si Satchanalai figure in the form of an elephant with a rider and keepers, Si  Satchanalai (Pa Yang) Kiln, Sukhothai, 16th century.”
Another comparable example was exhibited at the Ayala Museum, Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines, A Millennium of Contact: Chinese and Southeast Asian Trade Ceramics in the Philippines, as “Elephant figurine with riders in brown glaze”.

CONDITION
The sculpture is in overall good condition. Stable craquelure apparent to lighter glazes, rubbing to darker glazes. One foot of the front rider and one of the figures at the front rear leg repaired. Repair to head of the back rider. Inspection under UV light shows fluorescence to areas of the glaze on the elephant, such as the interior of the ears, the base of one tusk, and the underside.

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