Arts d'Asie

A blue and white elephant-form kendi, Ming dynasty, late Wanli period

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Auction Closed

June 11, 03:42 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 10,000 EUR

Lot Details

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Description

Japanese wood box (2)

Height 22.5 cm, 8⅞ in.

Japanese Private Collection.

Compare a very similar kendi illustrated in Masahiko Kawahara, Ko-sometsuke, Kyoto, 1977, pl. 400; another example included in Mayuyama, Seventy Years, Tokyo, 1976, cat. no. 991; and a further example, with the same saddle cloth, gifted by Roy Leventritt to the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, illustrated in He Li, Chinese Ceramics A New Comprehensive Survey From the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, 1996, pl. 445.

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