Title
Female deity holding a baby
Year/Period
14th century
Region
Sawankhalok kilns, Thailand
Dimension
Object size: 11.5 x 7 cm
Accession No.
2000-03508
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Frank and Pamela Hickley
This female fertility figure holding a baby is covered in a grey-green celadon glaze on a brownish pink base. The head has been broken off but has been replaced. The bulge in the left cheek is believed to represent a quid of betel nut. The theory is that the pregnant woman by breaking the head off one of these images would by sympathetic magic, transfer to the image the dangers of childbirth. Celadon is a French term that is used to refer to wares that derived their green-tone from glazes that were rich in naturally occurring iron-oxide.
