Title: Elephant-Shaped Kendi Drinking Vessel
Object type: Vessel
Date: late 16th century
Culture: China
Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
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
Credit line: Purchase, Seymour Fund, funds from various donors and Stanley Herzman Gift, 2003
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Elephants