SOUTHERN DYNASTIES, 5TH CENTURY

A very similar celadon-glazed ewer, but with a spout in the form of a single chicken-head, was unearthed at Huangyan, Zhejiang province and is illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, China in Venice, Milan, 1986, p. 123, no. 21. Another Yue celadon example, which has a double chicken-head spout, but is covered in a black glaze, is illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994, pp. 94-5, no. 151.