A Chinese 20th Century blue and white elephant kendi

Unknown Artist, 20th Century

Year

1900

Medium

Dekor i underglasyrblått, Moulded in a more or less oval shape, with the body without legs resting on a flat base, its head thrust into the air, the tusk forming a double-spout, from the centre of the shoulders a long large slightly flaring neck rises which is painted with flowering branches and finished with a narrow and straight mouthrim resting on a small flat area at the end of the neck, the decoration on the body is concentrated on the sides and shoulders with a tasselled saddle painted to both sides with a horse, the eyes and ears of the elephant outlined in blue

Category

Ceramics