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Large, Sculptural Thai Naga browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques:Regional Art:Asian:Southeast Asian:Sculpture: Pre 1837 VR: item # 396830 Please refer to our stock # 39-38 when inquiring.
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| Shimmering gold and blue tiles represent scales on this 200-year-old naga (sea dragon) from Thailand. Used as temple roof finials or in pairs at entrances to guard against evil spirits and natural disasters, the powerful, mystical naga are among the most revered Buddhist symbols in Thailand. With its soaring, curving form, this particular naga is especially sculptural. It shows the emerging outline of the sinuous Thai cho-fa, a simplified, streamlined shape that evolved from the naga. To make the naga, a large, heavy piece of teak wood was carved in its shape, then fitted with colored tiles. About 15 years ago after it was decommissioned from use at a temple, it was fitted with a metal base to become a stunning piece of sculpture. It is made more intriguing because tiles are missing to reveal in places the black cement used to attach them and under that the raw teak wood. Dimensions: height 50" (127 cm), width 32" (81 cm), depth 4-1/2" (10 cm), stand 10" (26 cm) square. | ||||||||
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