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 (1919-2013) and Takako (1923-2015) Hauge

• Origin

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

• Credit Line

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

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1590s, 1500s

• Name

  Hauge, Victor and Takako

• Place

  Sukhothai province, Si Satchanalai, Sawankhalok kilns, Thailand

• Topic

  Unglazed, Art, White slip, Hauge collection, Ayutthaya period (1351 - 1767), Pottery, Southeast Asian Art, Ceramics, Sawankhalok ware, Red slip

• Culture

  Southeast Asians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)