Lot 100 A Chinese blue and white 'Flying Horses' kendi

A Chinese blue and white 'Flying Horses' kendi

Wanli

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€ 2.000 – € 4.000

WH: H. 23,2 cm, W. 15,6 cm

(UV-checked)
- With minor normal superficial wear and spots of glaze loss to the top rim and shoulder.
- The top rim with a section of glaze loss retouched, of ca. 3 cm.
- Typical baking flaws, mostly to the connection of the spout and its tip, as well as to the connection between the spout and body.

Of compressed globular form with a broad shoulder, the body rising to a tall, slender neck terminating in a flared mouth, and set with a bulbous spout applied to the shoulder. The body is divided into alternating broad and narrow vertical panels, the larger panels painted with flowering branches and 'flying horses', the smaller with kraak-style diaper ornament. The shoulder is encircled by shaped cartouches reserved with stylised motifs against a diaper ground, while the neck is decorated with upright lanceolate leaves. The domed spout is divided into radiating panels enclosing flowering peach branches tied with ribbons, and the mouth rim is bordered by narrow bands in underglaze cobalt blue.
此壺腹部扁圓，豐肩，上接細長頸，口沿外撇，肩部一側置球形流。器腹以寬窄相間的縱向開光分隔，寬幅內繪折枝花卉及飛馬紋，窄幅填飾克拉克風格錦地紋。肩部以錦地為底，環列如意形開光，內飾程式化紋樣，頸部繪一周仰蕉葉紋。球形流以放射狀開光分隔，內繪緞帶束結的折枝桃花，口沿則以數道青花弦紋收邊。
Provenance:
Marc Michot, Bruges.
The Mr. and Mrs. Baert-Devos Collection, Belgium. Acquired from the above in 1986, accompanied by their certificate of authenticity. (see added scan)
Exhibited & published:
Exhibited on loan to Kunsthal Sint-Pietersabdij, Ghent, Belgium, for their exhibition of 'De Chinese Verleiding - Chinese Exportkunst van de 16e tot de 19e eeuw', 20 November 2009 - 25 April 2010, and published in the eponymous publication by Nicole De Bisschop, p. 41, no. 2.22. (see added scans)