A Chinese late Ming blue and white silver-mounted kendi
17th Century, the contemporaneous silver mounts Dutch East Indies
The bulbous lower section decorated with stylised flower-heads and scrolling leaves reserved on a washed blue ground, the tall neck painted with upright leaves, applied with small mammiform spout, the neck and spout mounted with silver, minor damage
26 cm. high
A Chinese late Ming blue and white silver-mounted kendi
17th Century, the contemporaneous silver mounts Dutch East Indies
The bulbous lower section decorated with stylised flower-heads and scrolling leaves reserved on a washed blue ground, the tall neck painted with upright leaves, applied with small mammiform spout, the neck and spout mounted with silver, minor damage
26 cm. high
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