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Auction archive: Lot number 1631

A RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'FROG' KENDI

Estimate
US$40,000 - US$60,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 1631

A RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'FROG' KENDI

Estimate
US$40,000 - US$60,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

A RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'FROG' KENDI WANLI PERIOD (1573-1619) The ewer is naturalistically modeled as a frog seated with its head raised, with a short spout issuing from its mouth, and supporting a tall, cylindrical neck on its back. The body is decorated with flower heads below a band of overlapping ruyi -heads around the base of the neck, which is decorated with a bird perched on a blossoming prunus tree. 7 ¼ in. (18.4 cm.) high Provenance Private collection, Switzerland.

Auction archive: Lot number 1631
Auction:
Datum:
22 Mar 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
Beschreibung:

A RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'FROG' KENDI WANLI PERIOD (1573-1619) The ewer is naturalistically modeled as a frog seated with its head raised, with a short spout issuing from its mouth, and supporting a tall, cylindrical neck on its back. The body is decorated with flower heads below a band of overlapping ruyi -heads around the base of the neck, which is decorated with a bird perched on a blossoming prunus tree. 7 ¼ in. (18.4 cm.) high Provenance Private collection, Switzerland.

Auction archive: Lot number 1631
Auction:
Datum:
22 Mar 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
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