Proto-Yue Ware Chicken-Headed Ewer / Artist Unknown, China
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2005/2.92
- Title
- Proto-Yue Ware Chicken-Headed Ewer
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Artist Nationality
- Chinese
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with celadon glaze
- Object Creation Date
- 317-420
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- China (nation)
- Jiangsu (province)
- Zhejiang (province)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- China (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Jiangsu (province)
- Creation Place 4
- Zhejiang (province)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Ping and Zenobia Lee
- Dimensions
- 24 cm x 20 cm x 18 cm (9 7/16 in. x 7 7/8 in. x 7 1/16 in.)
- Century
- 4th-5th c
- Primary Object Classification
- Ceramic
- Primary Object Type
- vessel
- Secondary Object Classification
- Ceramic
- Secondary Object Type
- ewer
- Physical Description
- Green-glazed ewer with spout in the shape of a chicken's head and handle in the form of a dragon's head and neck
- Subject Matter
- Chinese connoisseurs prized high-fired green-glazed ceramics and compared their exquisite gray-green glazes to precious jade. Green-glazed ware, know generally as Yueh ware but often called "celadon" in the West, was manufactured both for daily use and for burial. In the Eastern Jin period (317-420) the repertory of vessel shapes was greatly diversified, the chicken-headed ewer being one of the most notable of the new types. The complex shape and thick glossy celadon glaze of the ewer are evidence of the growing skill and technical advances during this time.
- Primary Keywords
- ceramics
- chicken
- china (nation)
- dragons
- eastern jin
- stoneware
- vessel
- vessels for serving drinks
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- asia (continent)
- asian
- birds
- chinese
- chinese dynastic styles and periods
- chinese styles and periods
- containers
- containers by form
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- east asian
- geographic and political locations
- jin (six dynasties)
- legendary creatures
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- pottery (object genre)
- six dynasties
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- vessels for serving and consuming food
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2687 x 3350
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 2005/2.92
- Link to this Item
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"Proto-Yue Ware Chicken-Headed Ewer; Artist Unknown, China." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2005-sl-2.92/2005_2_92.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 14, 2024.
