Pouring vessel (Kendi)
Used principally in Southeast Asia for drinking and pouring, the kendi is loosely based on an earlier Indian form. This German example is decorated with dragons and clouds on the neck, flowering narcissus on the body, and the heads of the lingzhi fungus at the foot and rim, motifs that derive from China, where kendi-type vessels were often made for export. This type of red stoneware body is known as Böttger stoneware, named after the man who developed it at the Meissen factory.
Artwork Details
- Title: Pouring vessel (Kendi)
- Manufactory: Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present)
- Date: ca. 1710–12
- Culture: German, Meissen
- Medium: Stoneware with raised decoration
- Dimensions: Height: 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
- Credit Line: The George B. McClellan Collection, Gift of Mrs. George B. McClellan, 1941
- Object Number: 42.205.21
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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