A FAMILLE VERTE KENDI, BOWL AND TEAPOT, THE KENDI, 17TH CENTURY THE BOWL AND TEAPOT, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

The kendi is decorated with birds in flight amongst leafy, stylised flower sprays. The bowl is decorated with stylised flowers and rocks below a geometric border to the rim, the base with an underglaze blue lozenge mark within a double circle. The hexagonal teapot is supported on three low feet and decorated with panels of flowers and rocks, the cover with flower-bud finial is embellished with Buddhist emblems.
The kendi, 77⁄8 in. (20.1 cm.) high

Provenance

The bowl: Questa Antichita, Torino, Italy, according to label.