A CHINESE AMBER-GLAZED KENDI

Yuan Dynasty, 13th - 14th Century

元十三到十四世紀 黃釉軍持

The body resting atop a splayed foot and set with an upward-facing tapered spout, the flared neck terminating in a protruding rim, decorated with an amber-coloured glaze, the base unglazed,

17.5cm high

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PROVENANCE:

Property of a French Private Collection formed in Hong Kong during the 1960’s-1980’s

來源：法國私人收藏，1960-1980年代在香港組成

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REFERENCE:

Two comparable kendis are housed in the collection of the British Museum, acc. nos. 2010,3007.39 and 1981,0228.3. Another example is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, acc. no. 1986.344. A comparable kendi is also in the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, acc. no. 202.2008.

A comparable kendi, unearthed in the Sinan shipwreck in the Philippines, is illustrated by Kim, Ingyu in 'Yuan Dynasty Chinese Ceramics Excavated from the Santa Ana Relics of the Philippines', 2012, p.8, no.7.