Kendi Pouring Vessels in the University of Malaya Collection

Name: Kendi Pouring Vessels in the University of Malaya Collection
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ISBN: 9780195889390

ISBN-10: 0195889398

ISBN-13: 9780195889390

Edition: 1991

Authors: Khoo Joo Khoo Joo Ee, Dawn Rooney

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One of the most intriguing of South-East Asian vessels is the kendi, a water container with a rounded body, a straight neck with an opening, and a spout set at an angle on the shoulder. The story of the kendi is closely interwoven with the history of South-East Asia, kendi of pottery and porcelain having been recovered in sites dispersed over a vast area of Island South-East Asia. The kendi in the Muzium Seni Asia, University of Malaya, form the world's largest public collection of kendi. Collectively spanning a period of over 1,000 years, and representing a number of countries in East and South-East Asia, they reflect differences in potting material, shape, and decoration and show how an…

Book details

List price: $74.00
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/9/1992
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 162
Size: 7.75" wide x 10.13" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

David Simha Segal is Emeritus Senior Lecturer in Medieval Hebrew Literature at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba. Author of many studies of the Hebrew belles-lettres of Spain and a published poet, he has also translated modern Hebrew novelists, essayists, poets, and short-story writers.



Foreword


Preface and Acknowledgements



Introduction


Etymology of 'Kendi'


Evolution of the Form


Origins and Evidence for Dating


Influences



The Development of the Ceramics Trade in Asia and Beyond



Uses


Domestic


Ceremonial



Ceramic Processes


Forming Processes


Decorating Processes


Glazing


Firing



The Collection


Method of Classification


Indonesia-Malaysia


Thailand


Cambodia


Vietnam


China


Japan


Pakistan



Related Vessels


Vessels with Zoomorphic or Anthropomorphic Features


Vessels with Two Openings


Vessels with Two or More Bodies or Spouts


Glossary


Select Bibliography


Index