Asian Art I - 17th May 2016
Lot 196
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PHOENIX HEAD KENDI KANGXI 1662-1722 The quatrefoil body moulded with...
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PHOENIX HEAD KENDI
KANGXI 1662-1722
The quatrefoil body moulded with panels of flowering peony, prunus, chrysanthemum and lotus, the spout modelled as a phoenix's head, the waisted neck with an inverted rim painted with foliate panels, 23.5cm.
Provenance: a private collection, Holland Park, London.
Cf. C Jörg, Chinese Ceramics of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, p.162, no.177, where a pair of kendis of similar form painted in the famille verte palette are illustrated.