Greenware ewer with two chicken head spouts

Details

• Title

  Greenware ewer with two chicken head spouts

• Associated place

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

• Date

  Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 317 - 420)

• Material and technique

  stoneware, with modelled and applied decoration under a green glaze; glazed rim

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › stoneware

• Technique index

  formed › modelled;

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › ewer;

  sculpture › figure › figurine

• Dimensions

  29 cm (height)
  18.5 cm (diameter)
  at base 12.7 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.

  EA1956.966

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