Greenware ewer with chicken head spout

Details

• Title

  Greenware ewer with chicken head spout

• Associated place

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

• Date

  5th century AD (AD 401 - 500)
  Six Dynasties Period (AD 221 - 589)

• Material and technique

  stoneware, with green glaze; glazed rim

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › stoneware

• Technique index

  glazed

• Object type

  sculpture › figure › figurine;

  container › vessel › ewer

• Dimensions

  24 cm (height)
  18 cm max. (diameter)
  at base 13.5 cm (diameter)
  at mouth 8.6 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.

  EA1956.286

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