Greenware miniature ewer with chicken

Details

• Title

  Greenware miniature ewer with chicken

• Associated place

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

• Date

  5th century AD (AD 401 - 500)
  Western Jin Dynasty (AD 265 - 316)

• Material and technique

  stoneware, with green glaze; glazed rim

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › stoneware

• Technique index

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › ewer

• Dimensions

  5.8 x 6.9 x 6.7 cm max. (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 10 | China to AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1956.371

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