A SWATOW ‘RED AND GREEN’ CHIKEN EWER, KENDI Ming... Lot 13

A SWATOW ‘RED AND GREEN’ CHIKEN EWER, KENDI Ming dynasty, 16th century 9 cm high Painted in red and green enamels, the globular body decorated with a continuous lotus scroll, the short cylindrical neck with stylised flowers, the handle and mouth shaped as the head and tail of a bird Provenance: acquired before 1975. For a similar kendi in the Collection of Malay University, see Khoo Joo Ee, Kendi. Pouring Vessels in the University of Malaya Collection, Oxford 1991, p. 79, n. 95.