Kendi

Object Details

• Description

  Miniature kendi with tall neck, projecting flange below mouth, flattened body, large spout, and tall straight foot with inset base.

  Clay: black, well fused.

  Glaze: none.

  Decoration: none.

  Mark: none.

• Provenance

  From 1959 to 1989

  Dean Frasché, Greenwich, CT, acquired in Ayutthaya, Thailand, in 1959 [1]

  From 1989

  Freer Gallery of Art, given by Dean Frasché in 1989

  Notes:

  [1] According to Curatorial Note 1 in the object record: "Collected by the donor at Ayutthaya, Thailand, in 1959."

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Taking Shape: Ceramics in Southeast Asia (April 1, 2007 to December 4, 2011)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dean Frasché (1906-1994)

• Origin

  Sawankhalok kilns or Maenam Noi kilns, Sukhothai or Singburi province, Central Thailand

• Credit Line

  Gift of Dean Frasché

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1590s, 1400s

• Name

  Frasche, Dean

• Place

  Sukhothai, Sawankhalok kilns, Singburi province, Thailand, Maenam Noi kilns

• Topic

  Unglazed, Art, Ayutthaya period (1351 - 1767), Stoneware, Southeast Asian Art, Ceramics, Sawankhalok ware, Maenam Noi ware

• Culture

  Southeast Asians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)