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A BLUE AND WHITE ‘ELEPHANT’ KENDI, WANLI PERIOD
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12月16日 晚上6点 开拍 /6天17小时
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A BLUE AND WHITE ‘ELEPHANT’ KENDI, WANLI PERIOD

China, 1573-1620. Well modeled standing foursquare, the pachyderm’s head thrust into the air, its truncated tusks forming the double spout, its back surmounted by a tall cylindrical vase, painted in underglaze blue with a tasseled saddle decorated to both sides with a central blossom on stylized waves, all below a scalloped band of scrolls. The vase featuring a bird on rockwork issuing flowers, above the crescent moon, and a floral band encircling the upper rim. The neck decorated with a band suspending beaded tassels. The base unglazed.

Provenance
: Property from a European Private Collection. The base lacquered with an old inventory number ‘J. No 444’, and a label inscribed ‘4.131’.
Condition: Good condition with expected wear and manufacturing irregularities including small firing cracks, dark spots, and a central luting line. One short hairline crack (ca. 3.5 cm) to the neck, one small chip and three minute hairlines on the nose, few minor chips to the mouth rim.

Weight: 664 g
Dimensions: Height 18.8 cm

The elephant is an auspicious symbol which is used in numerous rebuses to convey peace, prosperity, and good fortune. In Buddhism, elephants are regarded as one of the Seven Treasures and in a broader context are seen as symbols of strength, wisdom, and power. The combination of elephant and vase forms a play on words, taiping yoxiang, which sounds like ‘peaceful times.’

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related blue and white elephant-shaped kendi, dated to the late 16th century, 17.8 cm high, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 2003.232. Compare a related blue and white elephant-shaped kendi, dated to the Wanli period, c. 1580-1620, in the Gardiner Museum, Toronto, object number G16.1.3. Compare a related blue and white elephant-shaped kendi, dated c. 1600-c. 1650, in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, object number AK-MAK-1310. Further similar elephant-shaped kendis are illustrated by Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum Istanbul: A Complete Catalogue, Vol. II, London, 1986, pp. 729-730.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 21 January 2009, lot 165
Price: USD 47,500 or approx. EUR 63,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A late Ming blue and white elephant kendi, Wanli period
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, decoration, and size (19.6 cm).

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s London, 16 May 2018, lot 115
Price: GBP 13,750 or approx. EUR 23,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A rare blue and white ‘elephant’ kendi, Ming dynasty, Wanli period
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and decoration. Note the size (20.5 cm) and the restoration to the spout.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s Paris, 8 November 2022, lot 178
Price: EUR 20,160 or approx. EUR 22,000 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A blue and white elephant-shaped kendi, Ming dynasty, Wanli-Transitional period
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and decoration. Note the size (21.9 cm).

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