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Water pouring vessel Water Pouring, Water Vessel, The Vessel, A Thousand Years, Sanskrit, Water Pipes, International Trade, Earthenware, Ritual

This large, burnished, reddish-brown kendi has a globular body, small neck flanged under the mouth and a mammiform spout.Kendi is a Malay term derived from the Sanskrit word ‘kundika’, a ritual pouring vessel. A typical kendi has a bulbous body, a neck which is used for holding the vessel and a spout. Many forms of kendi were probably inspired by metal prototypes. The tradition of using kendi in Hindu-Buddhist rituals suggests that this type of vessel originated from India. Kendi have been…

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Old Iran, Water Vessel, Ancient Near East, City Museum, Mountain Goat, Eastern Art, Iron Age, Modern City, Tehran

1931, excavated under the direction of Fredrick Wulsin, on behalf of the University Museum of Philadelphia and the Kansas City Museum; ceded to the Tehran Museum in the division of finds; acquired by the Museum in 1939, presented by the Tehran Museum to balance the division of funding and finds of the Iranian Expedition of the Metropolitan Museum of Art at Nishapur

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