A Yueyao Chicken-Head Ewer

JIN DYNASTY/SIX DYNASTIES

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A Yueyao Chicken-Head Ewer
Jin Dynasty/Six Dynasties
The globular body with a narrow groove on the shoulder interrupted by a pair of faceted loop handles, a curved handle and the short chicken-head spout, covered overall with a glaze of greyish-green tone with brown iron-spot highlights, the unglazed concave base burnt red in the firing
8in. (20.3cm.) high

Lot Essay

Compare the very similar ewer included in the exhibition, Art of the Six Dynasties, China House Gallery, New York, 29 October 1975 - 1 February 1976, p. 30., no. 8, where A. Juliano notes that this type of ewer began appearing in the fourth century, 'reflecting a new direction' - vessel forms moving away from a 'dependence on Han bronze prototypes'.

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