Title
Censer in the form of a kneeling woman
15th century-16th century
Artist
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Details
- Other Titles
- Figure of a kneeling woman
A Sawankhalok kneeling woman
Sawankhalok ware figurine - Place where the work was made
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Sawankhalok
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Sukhothai
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Thailand
- Date
- 15th century-16th century
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- stoneware
- Dimensions
- 7.2 cm
- Credit
- Purchased 1989
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 88.1989
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Sawankhalok ware
Works in the collection
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About
The shape of this piece is unknown in the underglaze black repertoire, but found in the so-called 'brown and pearl' wares. This characteristically small example is an incense holder in the form of a kneeling woman. Miniature wares are a hallmark of Sawankhalok, and not found in the more limited Sukhothai repertoire.
Excerpt from The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.329.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Conversations through the Asian collections, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 25 Oct 2014–13 Mar 2016
Elemental, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 Jul 2022–2024
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Bibliography
Referenced in 3 publications
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Jane Carnegie and Chok-Dee TENG, The Jane Carnegie Collection, Melbourne, 1988, 17 (illus.). lot 92
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John Guy, Oriental trade ceramics in South-East Asia: Ninth to sixteenth centuries, Singapore, 1986, 137 (illus.). no. 181; Colletion: J. Carnegie
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Jackie Menzies (Editor), The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2003, 329 (colour illus.).
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Provenance
Jane Carnegie, pre Oct 1986, Melbourne/Victoria/Australia
Randall Reed, Oct 1988-Mar 1989, Woollahra/Sydney/New South Wales/Australia, purchased from "The Jane Carnegie Collection", Sotheby's Melbourne, 5 October 1988, lot no. 92. Purchased by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, March 1989.
