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SIX THAI-MARKET BENCHARONG VESSELS PAINTED WITH Provenance:
DEITIES, TOH Theodor Ring, Oslo (formerly Kristiania), Norway
19th century Avery Fund, 1909
Comprising a large deep, bowl-form jar and cover; two smaller bowl- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1909-present
form jars and covers; a bowl-form jar (without cover); and two bowls,
painted in bright enamels and iron red with Thepanom figures in 來源：
triangular scroll cartouches alternating with haloed Norasingh figures, 挪威奧斯陸（舊稱克里斯蒂安尼亞）Theodor Ring 舊藏
all set against a deep-blue ground with flame-like kranok leaf motifs Avery 基金，1909 年
and bordered by narrow bands of circlets and green enamel, the 大都會藝術博物館，1909 年迄今
covers similarly decorated and with flat knop finials. (6)
large jar and cover: 8 5/8in (21.9cm) high overall For examples of a bowl, and a deep bowl and cover of similar type,
smaller jars with covers: 4 1/2in (11.4cm) and 3 3/4in (9.5cm) high overall see Dawn F. Rooney, Bencharong, Chinese Porcelain for Siam,
jar (without cover): 3 1/4in (8.3cm) high Bangkok, 2017, p.40, no.2-1 and p.90, Chapter 5 frontispiece (top
bowls: 7in (17.8cm) and 5 5/8in (14.3cm) diam right). For detailed images of a Norasingh, a Buddhist deity, part lion
and part deer with a human head torso and arms, see ibid, p.90, no.
$2,000 - 3,000 4-36; and for a Thephanom, a frequently depicted minor deity seated
in a posture of worship and wearing a collar and waist band of petals
十九世紀 宾乍隆暹羅神祇圖器皿六件 and a high crown, see p.95, no.4-45.

Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

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