Chicken-Headed Ewer
AD 220–589
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Chicken-Headed Ewer, AD 220–589. China, Zhejiang province, Southern Dynasties period (420-589). Green-glazed stoneware with incised, carved and applied decoration, Yue ware; overall: 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John D. MacDonald 1973.84
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Formatted Medium
- green-glazed stoneware with incised, carved and applied decoration, Yue ware
- Medium
- green-glazed, stoneware, incised, carved, applied, decoration, yue, ware
- Dimensions
- Overall: 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1973.84
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John D. MacDonald
- Exhibitions
- The Twain Shall Meet, Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions, <em>Chinese Ceramics from the Prehistoric Period Through Ch'ien Lung; A Loan Exhibition from Collections in America and Japan. </em>Los Angeles, CA (March 14-April 27, 1952).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 239 Chinese Ceramics and Metalwork
Have a concern, a correction, or something to add?
