A rare pottery vase dating back to the Champa Kingdom which ruled the central part of Vietnam from 192 to 1832 has recently been discovered under the Huong (Perfume) River in Hue.
Professor Lam My Dung from the Hanoi National University said this vase was the one and only of its kind that had ever been found in Vietnam’s central provinces.
Believed to have been made more than 1,600 years ago, this type of pottery artifact is named “Kendi” after “Kundika”, the Cham word for strapless pottery vase used to contain holy water in religious ceremonies.
Ho Tan Phan, a researcher and antique collector in Hue said the vase could date back to the first period of Champa culture which lasted from 192 to 1306 AD. “Judging from its material, this Kendi is one of the oldest among the ones we have discovered across Vietnam,” he said.
The 18-centimeter vase which has an 18 – centimeter diameter was found by a fisherman and antique hunter on the Huong’s river bed.
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