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A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘FLOWER A BLUE AND WHITE KRAAK ‘BUDDHIST A RARE BLUE AND WHITE ‘KRAAK’
BASKET’ KRAAK CHARGER LIONS’ BARBED-RIM BASIN FROG-SHAPED VESSEL, KENDI
Wanli Wanli Wanli
Painted in deep washes of blue with a central Boldly painted in deep shades of cobalt blue The body moulded and painted as a
medallion of a basket of flowers, the cavetto with a central medallion of a Buddhist lion crouching frog, the eyes picked out in brown,
and rim with alternate medallions of peaches, cavorting and playing with a brocade ball in a all surmounted by a cylindrical handle with
pomegranates, gourds and other ornaments, fenced terrace, the cavetto and rim with floral flaring, hexagonal floriform handle. 19cm (7
the exterior with typical stylised designs, the medallions and brocade patterns, the exterior 1/2in) high
base unglazed, fitted stand. with typical motifs, base unglazed. 35cm (13
50cm (19 3/4in) diam. (2). 3/4in) diam. £2,500 - 3,500
CNY22,000 - 31,000
£2,000 - 3,000 £2,500 - 3,000 HK$24,000 - 34,000
CNY18,000 - 26,000 CNY22,000 - 26,000
HK$19,000 - 29,000 HK$24,000 - 29,000 Provenance: Jorge Welsh (label).

Kendis in the shape of a frog are in
several museum collections, including
the Princessehof Museum, Leeuwarden,
illustrated by Maura Rinaldi, Kraak Porcelain,
A Moment in the History of Trade, London,
1989, pl. 234, p. 181, the Ardebil Shrine,
Teheran, illustrated by John Alexander Pope,
Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine,
London, 1981, plate 97, no. 29.465, and
two in the Topkapi Saray Museum, illustrated
by Krahl & Ayers, Chinese Porcelains in the
Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, London,
1986, vol. II, nos. 1296 and 1297, pp. 730
and 731.

For other frog-shaped kendis see Christie’s,
Amsterdam, The Decorative Arts Sale, 21-22
June 2011, lot 418, and Sotheby’s, London,
Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 5
November 2008, lot 300.

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