Asian Art I - 17th November 2015
Lot 228
A RARE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE KENDI 15TH/16TH CENTURY Made for the Islamic market
Estimate £30,000 - £40,000
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Description
A RARE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE KENDI
15TH/16TH CENTURY
Made for the Islamic market, unusually formed after a leather water bag, the crescent-shaped body raised on four short feet and with a narrow spout to one end, with a tall garlic-mouthed neck to the centre, a pointed finial to each end, decorated with a diamond-shaped cartouche containing dense geometric designs and cloud scrolls, 22.4cm.
Cf. C Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, p.36, no.10, where a similar example formerly in the C T M Groenevelt collection is illustrated.