Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)
The kendi has a compressed globular body rising towards a long waisted neck with a flange encircling the rim. The sloping shoulder is set with a tubular tapering spout moulded with a spiralling pattern. It is covered with a rich amber-colour glaze stopping irregularly above the foot and the mid lower section revealing its cream earthenware. The base and interior are unglazed.
Height 17 cm
Provenance: Spink & Son Ltd, London (label)
A very similar kendi is in the British Miseum and illustrated in Jessica Harrison-Hall, China, A History in Objects, The British Museum, London 2017, p. 151; and in Brian McElny, Chinese Ceramics and its Maritime Trade Pre-1700, The Museum of East Asian Art Bath, Bath 2006, p. 21
See also for a similar kendi: Sumarah Adhyatman, Kendi, Jakarta 1987, No 59
EF 25 元 琥珀釉軍持
時代：元朝，1279至1368年。
特徵：器身呈一略扁球形，長頸上連接著外凸邊沿。錐形的長管噴嘴上凸雕螺旋紋。釉面呈濃郁的琥珀色，靠近足部處則可見奶油色陶身，內部與底座均未施釉。
尺寸：高17公分。
來源：Spink & Son Ltd，倫敦 (標籤)。
