EASTERN JIN DYNASTY (317-420)

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A BROWN-GLAZED STONEWARE CHICKEN-HEAD EWER
EASTERN JIN DYNASTY (317-420)
The well-potted globular body with short cylindrical neck surmounted by a wide cup-shaped mouth, the upright spout in the form of a chicken head with ridged comb set opposite the elegant curved handle, the shoulder applied with two square lug handles, covered with a matte dark brown glaze thinning on the raised areas and stopping just above the slightly concave base which is covered with a chocolate-brown dressing
8½ in. (21.5 cm.) high, box

Lot Essay

Dark brown-glazed stoneware ewers of this classic form with chicken-head spouts have been found in Six Dynasties tombs. Compare the similar ewer from the tomb of Xie Wen, dated 402 AD, in Sijiashan, outside of Nanjing in Jiansu province, illustrated in Wenwu, 1998:5, p. 16, fig. 4. Another similar ewer with cover excavated from a tomb dated to 364 AD in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, and now in the Zhejiang Provincial Museum is illustrated in Zhongguo wenwu jinghua daquan, Taoci Juan, Hong Kong, 1993, p. 211, no. 111.

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