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Blackish brown chicken-headed ewer
Blackish brown chicken-headed ewer
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20
Title
Blackish brown chicken-headed ewer with squared lugs Eastern Jin dynasty (4th century)
Short title
Blackish brown chicken-headed ewer
Record number
BATEA : 20
Simple name
ewer
Classified name
ceramic; stoneware; blackware; Jin; chicken; animal; ewer; China; black; brown; Zhejiang; 4th century;
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A large chicken-headed ewer with two square horizontal lugs on the shoulders, covered with dark blackish brown glaze. The square lugs are typical of the period and contrast with the use in the preceding century of circular double loop lugs (see Batea 18).
Description material
stoneware
Description condition
Loss of glaze inside the neck. Manufacturing flaws in the glaze on the body. Chips on the base
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buff
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blackish brown glaze
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26cm
Description diameter
20cm
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Gallery location
Brunei Gallery, SOAS
Production date
4th century AD
Production period
Eastern Jin
Production place
China
Production site name
Deqing or Yuhang
Production notes
A similar ewer has been excavated from a tomb dated 365 A.D.
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