Greenware hu with chicken head and tail

Details

• Title

  Greenware hu with chicken head and tail

• Associated place

  Asia › China › Zhejiang province › Yue kiln-sites (place of creation)

• Date

  Jin Dynasty (AD 265 - 420)

• Material and technique

  stoneware, with impressed and applied decoration under a green glaze; unglazed base; glazed rim

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › stoneware

• Technique index

  marked › impressed;

  formed › modelled;

  glazed

• Object type

  sculpture › figure › figurine;

  stimulant/narcotic equipment › alcohol equipment › wine-vessel;

  religious/ritual equipment › religious/ritual vessel › hu

• Dimensions

  5.3 cm (height)
  with chicken head 7.1 cm (diameter)
  at foot 3.4 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1956.943

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