Chicken-Headed Ewer

220–589 CE Overall: 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.) Source image
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The development of high-fired celadon in the south was a significant achievement in Chinese ceramics history. The ewer's shape was indigenous and appeared to have been transformed from the hu (jar) attached with a small chicken head. Whereas the early chicken-headed ewers have...

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