Bottle Presenting An Elephant Sawankhalok Kingdom Of Sukhothai Thailand 15th Century - Asia

Rare and very beautiful bottle probably intended to store ointments, perfumes or prophylactic potions. It represents a mythological animal elephant from the Hindu religion, mount of the god Indra. It was also the emblem of the flag of Thailand before 1939. This creature is personified here by beautiful naturalistic and powerful shapes, highlighting the majesty of the animal. The pot-shaped receptacle ends with a hemmed collar. Stoneware with a brown cecidon-type glaze with shiny reflections in places, small traces of limestone concretions in places, marks of time, intact, very good general state of conservation, see the photos Sawankhalok, Kingdom of Sukhothai, Thailand, 15th century Dimensions: 8 .1 shipping on quote.