Details
The kendi is decorated with birds in flight amongst leafy, stylised flower sprays. The bowl is decorated with stylised flowers and rocks below a geometric border to the rim, the base with an underglaze blue lozenge mark within a double circle. The hexagonal teapot is supported on three low feet and decorated with panels of flowers and rocks, the cover with flower-bud finial is embellished with Buddhist emblems.
The kendi, 778 in. (20.1 cm.) high
Provenance
The bowl: Questa Antichita, Torino, Italy, according to label.
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