SOUTHERN DYNASTIES, 5TH CENTURY

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A VERY RARE YUE CELADON DOUBLE 'CHICKEN-HEAD' EWER
SOUTHERN DYNASTIES, 5TH CENTURY
The shoulder of the ewer is set with twin spouts in the form of chickens' heads opposite a double-strap handle joined on top in a dragon's head that bites the rim of the dish-shaped mouth. The shoulder is further set with two angular lug handles and the ewer is covered overall with a greenish-olive glaze.
10 ¼ in. (26 cm.) high, Japanese wood box

Provenance

In Japan prior to 1950.
Mineo Hata Collection, Kobe, Japan.

Exhibited

Tokyo, The Japan Ceramics Society, Chugoku seiji ten (Exhibition of Celadon), 13-14 October 1950, no. 8.

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Lot Essay

A very similar celadon-glazed ewer, but with a spout in the form of a single chicken-head, was unearthed at Huangyan, Zhejiang province and is illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, China in Venice, Milan, 1986, p. 123, no. 21. Another Yue celadon example, which has a double chicken-head spout, but is covered in a black glaze, is illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994, pp. 94-5, no. 151.

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