Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1590-1610
Materials:porcelain
Technique:underglazed
Dimensions:Height: 199 millimetres Width: 155 millimetres Depth: 104 millimetres
Description:
Kendi or porcelain water vessel in form of an elephant. Underglaze blue with wide vertical bands running down each side of the elephant’s body with a garden scene. Tall prunus branch on the neck. Base unglazed.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Ming late 16th century Room 95 label text:PDF A665Blue-and-white kendi in the form of an elephantMarine archaeologists recovered an identical kendi, in the form of a caparisoned elephant (saddled and with a bridle), from the wreck of the San Diego which sank in AD 1600 outside Manila Bay. Divers found more than 500 blue-and-white porcelians from Jingdezhen which were originally destined for the New World and Spain on the shipwreck. Philip II of Spain once owned a similar kendi as demonstrated by an example listed in his possessions in an inventory taken after his death in 1590. There it is listed as “Una garrafa con cuello alto y una cabeza de elefante por pico de porcelana azul y blanca” [A bottle of blue-and-white porcelain with a high neck and a head of an elephant for a spout].Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue decorationJingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮Ming dynasty, Wanli period, about AD 1590-1610 PDF A665青花象形軍持水下考古學家在圣地亞哥沉船中發現了一件相同的軍持，形狀為裝飾以鞍轡韁繩的大象。該船1600年在馬尼拉海灣沉沒，潛水員們發現了五百多件景德鎮的青花瓷器，本要運往新大陸和西班牙。西班牙的菲利普二世曾經擁有一件相同的軍持，證據是1590年他去世以后所列的擁有物品清單中的一件例子。清單中這件器物列為“一件青花瓷瓶，高頸，象首形流”。瓷器，青花江西省景德鎮明代，萬曆， 約1590-1610年
Materials:porcelain
Technique:underglazed
Dimensions:Height: 199 millimetres Width: 155 millimetres Depth: 104 millimetres
Description:
Kendi or porcelain water vessel in form of an elephant. Underglaze blue with wide vertical bands running down each side of the elephant’s body with a garden scene. Tall prunus branch on the neck. Base unglazed.
IMG
Comments:Published PDF date : Ming late 16th century Room 95 label text:PDF A665Blue-and-white kendi in the form of an elephantMarine archaeologists recovered an identical kendi, in the form of a caparisoned elephant (saddled and with a bridle), from the wreck of the San Diego which sank in AD 1600 outside Manila Bay. Divers found more than 500 blue-and-white porcelians from Jingdezhen which were originally destined for the New World and Spain on the shipwreck. Philip II of Spain once owned a similar kendi as demonstrated by an example listed in his possessions in an inventory taken after his death in 1590. There it is listed as “Una garrafa con cuello alto y una cabeza de elefante por pico de porcelana azul y blanca” [A bottle of blue-and-white porcelain with a high neck and a head of an elephant for a spout].Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue decorationJingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮Ming dynasty, Wanli period, about AD 1590-1610 PDF A665青花象形軍持水下考古學家在圣地亞哥沉船中發現了一件相同的軍持，形狀為裝飾以鞍轡韁繩的大象。該船1600年在馬尼拉海灣沉沒，潛水員們發現了五百多件景德鎮的青花瓷器，本要運往新大陸和西班牙。西班牙的菲利普二世曾經擁有一件相同的軍持，證據是1590年他去世以后所列的擁有物品清單中的一件例子。清單中這件器物列為“一件青花瓷瓶，高頸，象首形流”。瓷器，青花江西省景德鎮明代，萬曆， 約1590-1610年
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