Elephant-Shaped Kendi Drinking Vessel

Medium

Porcelain painted in underglaze blue

Dimensions

H. to top of spout 7 in. (17.8 cm); L. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)

Classification

Ceramics

Culture & Period

China · Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Seymour Fund, funds from various donors and Stanley Herzman Gift, 2003

Accession Number

2003.232

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