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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.)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John D. MacDonald 1973.84

Location

239 Chinese Ceramics and Metalwork

Description

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 a wide, stout body, this example represents a further development toward more elongated proportions, adding the decoration of carved lotus petals.

Provenance

?–1973

Mr. and Mrs. John D. MacDonald, Cambridge, MA, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1973–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Trubner, Henry. Chinese Ceramics from the Prehistoric Period Through Ch'ien Lung; A Loan Exhibition from Collections in America and Japan. March 14 to April 27, 1952. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum, 1952. cat. no. 52

Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 87, no. 92

Wilson, J. Keith, and Anne E. Wardwell. "New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 81, no. 8 (1994): 270-347. Reproduced: p. 322; Mentioned: p. 322, 324, 347 www.jstor.org

Exhibition history

Chinese Ceramics from the Prehistoric Period Through Ch'ien Lung; A Loan Exhibition from Collections in America and Japan. Los Angeles, CA (March 14-April 27, 1952).

The Twain Shall Meet. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 1985-January 5, 1986).

Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 18-December 31, 1994).

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Chicken-Headed Ewer

Chicken-Headed Ewer

China, Zhejiang province, Southern Dynasties period

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