Greenware vase, or hu, with chicken head decoration

Details

• Title

  Greenware vase, or hu, with chicken head decoration

• Associated place

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

• Date

  late 4th century - early 5th century AD
  Six Dynasties Period (AD 221 - 589)

• Material and technique

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

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › stoneware

• Technique index

  marked › impressed;

  glazed

• Object type

  religious/ritual equipment › religious/ritual vessel › hu;

  sculpture › figure › figurine;

  stimulant/narcotic equipment › alcohol equipment › wine-vessel

• Dimensions

  16.9 cm (height)
  17.5 cm (diameter)
  at mouth 11.1 cm (diameter)
  at base 9 cm (diameter)

• 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.

  EA1956.331

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