MING DYNASTY, LATE 15TH-EARLY 16TH CENTURY

Compare a blue and white kendi of related form and decoration, but of slightly larger size (16 cm. high), dated to the late 15th century, illustrated by J. A. Pope in Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine, Washington, 1956, pl. 69, no. 29.472; and a further example dated to the 15th-early 16th century, but with a reduced neck, illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum Istanbul, vol. II, Yuan and Ming Porcelains, London, 1986, pp. #546-47, no. 668.