Blue-and-white kendi with crayfish

Details

• Title

  Blue-and-white kendi with crayfish

• Associated place

  Asia › China › Jiangxi province › Jingdezhen › Jingdezhen kilns (place of creation)

  Asia › South-east Asia (probable) (probable original location)

• Date

  2nd half of the 16th century
  Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644)

• Material and technique

  porcelain, with modelled decoration and underglaze painting in cobalt-blue

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › porcelain

• Technique index

  formed › modelled;

  covered › coated › painted;

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › kendi

• Dimensions

  22 x 16 x 14.5 cm max. (height x width x depth)
  depth at base 22 x 15.5 x 10.6 cm max. (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 38 | China from AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1978.1936

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