M5402
£24,000
Description
A Chinese porcelain blue and white kendi of elephant form with upright handle beneath the wide flanged blue glaze rim, painted with a saddle cloth with wan characters and central cash tied around the neck and hind quarters with hanging ornaments, the handle painted with prunus branches and rockwork, with a slightly raised flower-head band on its back, the upright head with detailed ears and eyes, with trunk form spouts, the detailed tail also in relief, the base unglazed.
Wanli, 1572-1619.
8 7/8 inches, 22.6cm high.
Condition
Slight edge frits and tusks retouched, natural firing flaw in base clean.
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