Lot Essay
For two other elephant kendis see M. Rinaldi, Kraak Porcelain, A Moment in the History of Trade, London, 1989, pp.180-1, pls. 231 and 232. And for a kendi similar to the second, see ibid. p.175, pl.220.
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Property from the Collection of the late Dr. Arthur J. and Margaret M. Mourot
TWO BLUE AND WHITE KENDIS
WANLI/TRANSITIONAL PERIOD (1573-1644)
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TWO BLUE AND WHITE KENDIS
WANLI/TRANSITIONAL PERIOD (1573-1644)
One of elephant form, the tall neck rising from a ruyi band set atop a fringed blanket decorated with Buddhistic lions, the elephant's head turned upwards and the truncated tusks forming the double spout; the other with a globular body painted with panels of varied decoration below the rounded spout and tall neck encircled by upright leaf tips
8¼ and 9 3/8 in. (20.9 and 23.8 cm.) high (2)
WANLI/TRANSITIONAL PERIOD (1573-1644)
One of elephant form, the tall neck rising from a ruyi band set atop a fringed blanket decorated with Buddhistic lions, the elephant's head turned upwards and the truncated tusks forming the double spout; the other with a globular body painted with panels of varied decoration below the rounded spout and tall neck encircled by upright leaf tips
8¼ and 9 3/8 in. (20.9 and 23.8 cm.) high (2)