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Kendi

Kendi

  • Place of origin:

    Si Satchanalai, Thailand (made)

  • Date:

    15th-16th century (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Stoneware, moulded, carved and with green glaze

  • Museum number:

    C.233-1927

  • Gallery location:

    World Ceramics, room 145, case 31, shelf 2

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Green-glazed stonewares from Zhejiang province were widely exported to the Philippines, Indonesia and mainland south-east Asia. Local potters emulated the Chinese wares, and by 1300 Thailand and Vietnam had developed successful ‘celadon’ industries of their own. After 1400, green- and brown-glazed wares from the kilns at Si Satchanalai in north-central Thailand acquired a prominent place in the export markets of south-east Asia.

This ewer produced at the Si Satchanalai kilns is in the shape of the sacred goose hamsa, a symbol of purity and divine knowledge for Hindu and Buddhist believers.

Physical description

Stoneware drinking vessel (kendi) with green glaze in the form of a sacred goose hamsa with riding figure. The spout and tail are replacements, the neck bound with metal. The whole body is incised with feather pattern.

Place of Origin

Si Satchanalai, Thailand (made)

Date

15th-16th century (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Stoneware, moulded, carved and with green glaze

Dimensions

Height: 8.1 in, Width: 9.5 in

Descriptive line

Stoneware drinking vessel (kendi) with green 'celadon' glaze in form of a sacred goose with riding figure, Si Satchanali kilns,Thailand, 15th-16th century

Labels and date

From the Register:
Vessel in the form of a figure riding on a bird, celadon glazed porcelain.
Siamese; probably 13th century.

From the Register:
Drinking vessel (kendi)
In form of a sacred goose hamsa with riding figure.
The spout and tail are replacements, the neck bound with metal.
Stoneware with carved designs under green glaze.
Thai (Sawankhalok); 15th-16th century.
Drinking vessel (kendi)
Thailand, Si Satchanalai kilns, 1400-1600
Museum nos. C.233-1927 [2009]

Materials

Stoneware

Techniques

Glazed; Moulded; Incised

Subjects depicted

Feathers; Goose

Categories

Ceramics; Stoneware

Collection code

EAS

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