A rare Chinese blue and white kraak porcelain kendi c.1590-1610

A rare Chinese blue and white kraak porcelain kendi c.1590-1610, finely potted with a six-lobed body, and a star-shaped mouth, the narrow tapering spout is attached either side with applied leafy branches, the neck is decorated with a bird upon a rock, the body with peony, tiny rim nibbles, 20cm. Provenance: an English private collection. Cf. J Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, p.283; and also M Rinaldi, Kraak Porcelain, pp.177-179.