Kendi

anonymous, c. 1600 - c. 1650

As can be seen from the inventory of Amalia’s extensive collection of porcelain, she owned exceptional collector’s items. The elephant receptacle, a so-called kendi, is a vessel for pouring water. The adjacent bowl is adorned with small, unglazed figurines of Daoist deities and was probably meant for making offerings on a Chinese altar.

  • Artwork typekendi
  • Object numberAK-MAK-1310
  • Dimensionsheight 21.8 cm, length 15 cm x width 11 cm, length 13.2 cm x width 9.8 cm, length 18 cm
  • Physical characteristicsporselein met onderglazuur blauw

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Kendi
    • Kendi in the shape of an elephant

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-1310

  • Description

    Kendi van porselein, beschilderd in onderglazuur blauw. De kendi is in de vorm van een olifant met een lange, naar boven toe uitlopende hals met weer smaller wordende rand. De details van de olifant zijn aangebracht in onderglazuur blauw met een dekkleed over zijn rug. De hals met tweemaal een prunustak en een band met krulwerk op de rand. De slurf is afgebroken. Kraakporselein.

Creation

  • Creation

    potter: anonymous, China

  • Dating

    c. 1600 - c. 1650

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    porselein met onderglazuur blauw

  • Dimensions

    • height 21.8 cm
    • length 15 cm x width 11 cm
    • length 13.2 cm x width 9.8 cm
    • length 18 cm

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase P. Prins, 1980)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; from Mr P. Prins, The Hague, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1980;{Note RMA.| from whom on loan to the museum, 1980

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