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Blue & White Kendi Bottle
Kendi Bottle
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Kendi Bottle

Maker Chinese Artist
DateQing dynasty (1644-1911), 19th century
Place of originChina
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions8 × 8 × 8 in. (20.3 × 20.3 × 20.3 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineGift of Dr. Don Q. and Beverly Vining
Object number2016.15.20
Collections
Visual DescriptionBlue & White Kendi Bottle
Tall neck with roll-over collar, iron red and blue florals in "Imari" style.
Kendi Bottle
Chinese Artist
Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 19th century
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Chinese Artist
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Blue and White Kendi with Phoenix and Peony Motifs
Chinese Artist
Ming dynasty (1368-1644), 17th century
Bottle-shaped vase with bulbous body and long tapering neck. Surface decoration of blue glaze on white ground has lotus scroll with blossoms and foliate motif on neck base.
Blue and white bottle vase
Chinese Artist
Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 18th-19th century
Globular body with bulbous spout-cylindrical long neck with outward flaring lip rolled downward, body flares inward to medium ring foot. White clay body, cobalt blue underglaze, clear gloss glaze except on base. Inside: potter's throwing lines evident. Outside: 6 circular parallel lines, 4 fern/plantain leaves on lower neck atop 1st line, bat alternated with design atop 2 lines. Body encircled with peonies, rocks, grasses, & water atop line on lower body - 2 lines at foot. Spout has 2 bat…
Kendi with Blue and White Designs
Chinese Artist
Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
Globular body with bulbous spout, cylindrical long neck with outward flaring lip rolled downward, body flares inward to medium ring foot. White clay body, underglaze cobalt blue. Inside: potter's throwing lines evident. Outside: six circular parallel lines (four fern/plantain leaves on lower neck atop first line, bat alternated with design atop two lines). Body encircled with peonies, lotus, plum tree, one butterfly, rocks, water, and grasses atop line on lower body, two lines at foot. Spout …
Kendi with Blue and White Garden Design
Chinese Artist
Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
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Chinese Artist
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Porcelain with under-glaze blue decoration
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Chinese Artist
Ming or Qing dynasty, c. 17th-18th century
A fine cloisonné enamel vase of globular bottle form with a cylindrical neck and low gilt foot rim, decorated with ruyi-head lappets at the foot and around the shoulder; the body decorated with formalized lotus flowers, leaves and stems; the neck decorated with flowers above tall leaf-form lappets; all enameled in red, yellow, white, lapis blue, light and dark green, and aubergine on a turquoise ground.
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Chinese Artist
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White glass snuff bottle with blue glass overlay depicting horse within a cartouche. Green stopper.
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Clear blue glass snuff bottle with painted scenes. One side shows bird and plants, while the other side shows a cricket atop a plant. Opaque off-white glass stopper.
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Chinese Artist
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Mustard-colored glass snuff bottle with painted avian scenes. Blue and white stopper.
Snuff Bottle
Chinese Artist
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