WANLI PERIOD (1573-1619)

The popular name for this type of kendi is 'pomegranate ewer', owing to the distinctive star-shaped mouth rim. A very similar ewer in the Fondation Custodia (Coll. F. Lugt), Institut Néerlandais, Paris, is illustrated by Maura Rinaldi in Kraak Porcelain, A Moment in the History of Trade, London, 1989, pl. 277, where the author suggests a date of circa 1595-1610 for this type of kendi.