Description
Description: Chinese porcelain drinking vessel known as kendi, decorated in Kraak style with flying horses and flower motif. The original neck is missed and it has reconstructed in Museum style restoration, to show the original form. The horses are probably Taoist horses flying high through the heavens.
Dating: 17th century, Wanli, Ming dynasty.
Size: 20 cm high
Provenance: Antiquarian market
References: The last picture is showing a kraak Kendi at the MET museum
Notes: A Kendi is a pouring vessel with a spout on the side which is held around its neck while pouring. In South East Asia kendis seems to have had all uses a pouring vessel with a spout could possibly have from medication, drinking, washing, blessing to sacrificial. Its main use seems to have been as a water drinking vessel, where many persons hygienically and without using any cups could share one water bottle by drinking directly from the stream coming from its spout when tilted.
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