POLYCHROME WARES
AN ANNAMESE POLYCHROME GLOBULAR KENDI
16TH CENTURY
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AN ANNAMESE POLYCHROME GLOBULAR KENDI
16th century
Decorated in underglaze-blue and iron-red and green enamels with two mythical beasts amidst fire and cloud-scrolls, the mammiform spout with similar scrolls, the slender cylindrical neck within a band of floral lappets and terminating in a flat flange embellished with a flower-head, tip of spout and part of rim restored
8in. (20.5cm.) long
16th century
Decorated in underglaze-blue and iron-red and green enamels with two mythical beasts amidst fire and cloud-scrolls, the mammiform spout with similar scrolls, the slender cylindrical neck within a band of floral lappets and terminating in a flat flange embellished with a flower-head, tip of spout and part of rim restored
8in. (20.5cm.) long