Chicken headed ewer with descending lotus-petal decor
6th century
Description
Ewer with rounded shoulders, sides tapering gently inward and then straight down to a flat base; long, waisted cylindrical neck topped with dish-like mouth; short spout in the form of a chicken’s head with small tubular opening in its beak; curved handle attached to shoulder and dished mouth, placed opposite from the chicken-head spout; two squared lugs on the shoulders positioned bilaterally to the left and right of the spout; incised decoration of on the body of lotus petals pointing downward toward the foot; light gray stoneware with olive green glaze over incised decoration; unglazed base. Place of manufacture uncertain, probably southern China.
Dimensions
H. 32.2 x Diam. 21.5 cm (12 11/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
Provenance
[Priestley and Ferraro, London, April 2000] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2000-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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