A rare blue and white 'kraak' frog-shaped vessel, kendi
WanliThe body moulded and painted as a crouching frog, the eyes picked out in brown, all surmounted by a cylindrical handle with flaring, hexagonal floriform handle. 19cm (7 1/2in) high
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Provenance: Jorge Welsh (label).Kendis in the shape of a frog are in several museum collections, including the Princessehof Museum, Leeuwarden, illustrated by Maura Rinaldi, Kraak Porcelain, A Moment in the History of Trade, London, 1989, pl. 234, p. 181, the Ardebil Shrine, Teheran, illustrated by John Alexander Pope, Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine, London, 1981, plate 97, no. 29.465, and two in the Topkapi Saray Museum, illustrated by Krahl & Ayers, Chinese Porcelains in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, London, 1986, vol. II, nos. 1296 and 1297, pp. 730 and 731.For other frog-shaped kendis see Christie's, Amsterdam, The Decorative Arts Sale, 21-22 June 2011, lot 418, and Sotheby's, London, Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 5 November 2008, lot 300.