Kendi

Thailand

14th-15th century

  • Titles Kendi (Descriptive)
  • Medium glazed stoneware
  • Dimensions 7 7/8 × 8 7/8 in. Diam. (20 × 22.5 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. L. Paul Kassouf, 1977.207
  • Work Type kendi
  • Classification Containers

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Small standing figure of a male attendant with painted details and clothing. Missing arms that would have been made and attached separately.
Large, highly detailed sculpture of four-armed Siva with skull-adorned diadem, holding a double-sided (damaru) drum in upper proper left hand, lower proper left arm embracing the Goddess seated upon his lap. His zebu bull is by his pendent proper right leg. Parvati (as Gauri) with a iguana vahana as well as Ganesha riding his rat (lower left) and Kartikeya riding his peacock (lower right). Face-of-glory (kirtimukha) at mandorla's peack with waved cloud/foliate motifs.
Suijin Shrin Grove and Masaki on the Sumida River, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, Ando Hiroshige, ink and color on paper
Actors Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Ukiinoseke and Kawarasaki Chōjūrō III as Chōchō-uri no Chōjūrō, Utagawa Toyokuni, ink and color on paper