A LATE MING DYNASTY ‘KRAAK’ BLUE AND WHITE EWER, KENDI 18,5 cm high The lobed bottle with large mammiform spout and tall neck, painted in soft blue tones with panels of flowers and rocks alternating with horses gallopping amidst clouds, the neck with birds and flowers
Provenance: Acquired before 1975.
Similar kendis are illustrated in: D.S. Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader. Chinese Export Porcelain illustrated from the Hodroff Collection, London 1994, pl. 236; E. Seok Chee, Kendis. A Guide to the Collection, Singapore 1984, pls. 26-30; L’Odyssée de la porcelaine chinoise. Collections du Musée national de Céramique, Sèvres et du Musée National Adrien Dubouché, Limoges, edited by C. Shimizu, Paris 2003, n. 26.