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A gilt-metal-mounted China blue-ground gilt-decorated kendi

Reference: ART1001046

The bulbous body is decorated in gilt with two shaped panels enclosing pavilions in a mountainous river landscape, all reserved on a cracked ice and prunus ground, all below a band of stiff leaves to the neck. The rim is decorated with an iron-red floral and geometric band and encircled with a café-au-lait wash. The rim, neck, and spout with repoussé gilt metal mounts.

Catalogue notes: a very similar kendi without the stiff leaf band and metal mounts dated to the 18th century was sold at Bonhams London, 11 November 2010, lot 402.