jun chi 君持 kendi 74o jun chi 军持 君持 junzhijia 君稚迦。
The Chinese name of this vessel, also known as 二口水瓶 er kou shui ping (water bottle with two spouts), is derived from the transliteration of the Sanskrit word kundika. It is a drinking and washing vessel made of copper, iron or ceramics and used by Buddhist monks and Muslims. In the Tang dynasty they were green ware or white ware products. They were also used as vases for flowers in the Song dynasty. In the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties they became very popular and were manufactured in large quantities in Jingdezhen kilns of Jiangxi province and in Cizao and Dehua kilns of Fujian province to be exported to Southeast Asia. Those made in the Yuan dynasty often have a compressed globular body with a tall neck, a flaring mouth and a straight spout. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, kendi became smaller and the spout became rounded and nipple-shaped. Kendi may be decorated in underglaze blue, underglaze red, or in monochrome glazes such as white, yellow, green, etc.
