Bencharong ware
(Thailand)
- Title
- Bowl decorated with Buddhist figures
- Other titles:
- Bowl decorated with thepanon and norasingh
- Place of origin
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Thailand
- Period
- Ayutthaya period 1350 - 1767 → Thailand
- Year
- 18th century
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- porcelain with enamel decoration
- Dimensions
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9.5 x 20.0cm
- Credit
- Gift of Mr F. Storch 1985
- Accession number
- 100.1985
- Location
- Upper Asian gallery
- Further information
This exceptionally fine piece of Bencharong dates to the late Ayuthya period (1350-1767), when the style arose. The bowl is decorated in deep and varied colours with alternate images of 'thepanom' and 'norasingh', both minor Buddhist deities. Typically the 'thepanom' sit cross-legged in a praying posture, nude except for a petalled collar, bracelets and crown, while the 'norasingh', believed to reside in the mythical Himaphan forest in the Himalayan mountains, have a human head, the hindquarters of a lion with a flame-tipped tail and the hoofs of a deer.
The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.142.
- Bibliography (3)
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'Thai Bencharong wares' by Professor Philip Courtenay, pg. 18-19., Carter's Antiques and Collectables 2000, 2000, 7 (colour illus.), 18, 19 (colour illus.).
'Frederick Storch 1927-2003' by Jill Sykes, pg. 12., Look Feb 2004, Feb 2004, 12 (colour illus.).
'Export Ceramics', The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales 2003, 2003, 142 (colour illus.).
- Exhibition history (1)
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Great gifts, great patrons, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 17 Aug 1994–19 Oct 1994.
