Kendi

Object Details

Description

Kendi of globuar form with a mammiform spout, tall trumpet-shaped neck, flanged mouth, splayed foot and slightly carved underside.

Clay: red earthenware coated with red paint.

Glaze: none.

Decoration: a band of creamy white slip painted with red stripes and chevron motifs on upper body.

Provenance

Between 1967-1972/3 to 2005

Mr. and Mrs. Victor (1919-2013) and Takako Hauge (1923-2015), probably purchased in Bangkok, Thailand [1]

From 2005

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Gift of Osborne and Gratia Hauge, and Victor and Takako Hauge [2]

Notes:

[1] Probably acquired when Osborne and Gratia Hauge were living in Bangkok, Thailand, from 1967 to 1972 or 1973. Victor and Takako Hauge visited Osborne and Gratia on various occasions and probably acquired this object during one of their visits. Curatorial remarks indicate that the Hauge family generally acquired Thai ceramics in Thailand. Major sources of acquisitions during this time were dealers in Bangkok, the weekend market in Bangkok, and vendors in Ayutthaya. See notes by Louise Cort, “Information transcribed from notes taken during visits to the home of Victor and Taka Hauge […] and the adjacent ‘Southeast Asia House,’ 1 June 2001. Conversation with Osborne (Bud) Hauge and with Victor and Taka Hauge,” dated 2001-2013, pp. 6-8, copy in object file.

The Hauge family began collecting Asian paintings, sculpture, and ceramics in the late 1940s and would amass a large collection in the post-World War II years.

[2] Ownership of collected objects sometimes changed between the Hauge families. See Deed of Gift, dated October 16, 2005, copy in object file.

Research updated November 28, 2022

Collection

National Museum of Asian Art Collection

Previous custodian or owner

Victor and Takako Hauge

Credit Line

Gift of Osborne and Gratia Hauge, and Victor and Takako Hauge

16th century

Period

Ayutthaya period

Accession Number

S2005.343

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Vessel

Medium

Earthenware with red and white slips

Dimensions

H x W x D (overall): 15.9 x 17.2 x 13.9 cm (6 1/4 x 6 3/4 x 5 1/2 in)

Style

Sawankhalok ware

Origin

Sawankhalok kilns, Si Satchanalai, Sukhothai province, North-central Thailand

Related Online Resources

Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia

Google Cultural Institute

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Topic

ceramic

Sawankhalok ware

Thailand

Ayutthaya period (1351 - 1767)

earthenware

unglazed

white slip

red slip

Southeast Asian Art

Hauge collection

Record ID

fsg_S2005.343

Metadata Usage (text)

Not determined

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye39a7d0d02-7ddc-4581-a76b-0c5d71f828d9