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This kendi has a ribbed, flattened body and a large mammiform spout. It 76 KENDI
is covered with a honey-coloured yellow lead glaze. The mouth rim is
bound in copper. Guangdong stoneware with yellow
lead glaze
H 15.8 cm
Ming dynasty, early 17th cent.
Inv.-No. NO 1842, on loan from the
OKS
PROVENANCE: Acquired by Nanne
Ottema from R. Buisman in 1943

The green-glazed kendi with a globular body and mammiform spout was 77 KENDI
moulded in two parts, with the seam running across the base, the sides
and the spout. It was also fired twice: the first time to mature the stone- Guangdong stoneware with green
ware body, the second time to harden the bright-coloured glaze. The lead glaze
body is decorated with a relief of two dragons. Around the shoulders is a H 19.5 cm
band of embossed lotus petals. Ming dynasty, 1600–1640
Inv.-No. GRV 1950-137
Ref.: Singapore 1984, p. 25, col. pl. III c and p. 67, pl. 31; Adhyatman 1990, pp. 160–161, pl. 147; Khoo 1991, PROVENANCE: Donated by the heirs of
pp. 81–82, pls 100, 101 and 102. R. Verbeek, found in Indonesia
Publ.: Harrisson 1995, p. 54, nos 68 a
and b

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