【Period】:Eastern Jin dynasty
【CAT】 :Porcelain
【Size】 :Height 30cm, mouth diameter 10.3cm, base diameter 12.8cm
Excavated from an Eastern Jin tomb on a construction site of the Huawei company in Yuhuatai District of Nanjing. Collected by the Oriental Metropolita
Ewers with a chicken-head spout, also known as chicken ewers, generally refer to ewers with a dish-shaped mouth, with a chicken’s head stuck to one side of the ewer and a handle on the other side. They are typical celadon wares of the Six Dynasties. The appearance of this type of utensils changed the inconvenience of pouring, resulting from the lack of a spout on kettles and pots in the past. It laid the foundation for the development of handled ewers in the Tang and Song dynasties. This ewer has a lid. The chicken head has a round snout, a short neck, and a high comb. The upper end of the handle is higher than the mouth rim of the ewer. On the opposite sides of its shoulder, two “bridges” are attached. A tying string can pass through the holes formed between the ewer and the “bridges”. Unique in style, the chicken on this ewer raises its head high as if it is looking into the distance. The design of a high handle and a low chicken head, while giving the ewer a solemn and primitive look, makes the ewer’s curves smoother and livelier.