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# Underglaze Red Kendi with Fish among Water Plants, Ming Dynasty

Porcelain kendi painted in underglaze copper red with fish among water plants and flower sprays, the base with a conch shell mark, Ming dynasty.

**Period:** [Ming Dynasty](https://realrareantiques.com/ming-dynasty/)
**Category:** [Ming Dynasty Porcelain](https://realrareantiques.com/product-category/antique-chinese-porcelain/ming-dynasty-porcelain/)
**Dimensions:** Width 16 cm · Depth 13 cm · Height 14 cm
**Reference:** RRA-0134
**Availability:** Available

## Description

A porcelain [kendi](https://realrareantiques.com/kendi/) with a squat rounded body, a large bulbous spout on one side and a tall waisted neck rising to a flat, flanged rim around a small mouth. It is painted in [underglaze copper red](https://realrareantiques.com/underglaze-red-porcelain/), which ranges from pale pink to a deep brownish red. The body shows large fish with netted scales swimming among tall water weeds and scattered blossoms. The spout is covered with flower sprays and leaves, the neck carries upright water plants above a band of petal panels at the shoulder, and the top of the flange is painted with a radiating whorl.

The white glaze runs over the recessed base, which is painted in red with a conch shell, set within a band of scrolls and radiating leaves on the lower body. The kendi is attributed to the middle to late Ming, possibly the Southern Ming.

**Learn more:** [The Ming Dynasty](https://realrareantiques.com/ming-dynasty/)

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