Pheasant-Head Ewer, 10th-11th century
Unknown artist, Chinaexpand_more
Guangzhou ware Porcelaneous stoneware with clear glaze over modeled and carved decorexpand_more
Gift of Ruth and Bruce Daytonexpand_more 95.91.3
On View in Gallery 204expand_more
Tall vases with rilled necks and simple phoenix heads positioned under a flared mouth have been excavated from Liao territory in north China. This type, however, with its relatively strong modeling, long neck, and squat ewer form is associated with Guangdong province in extreme south China. The hard bodied, creamy-white glazed ware often incorporated incised or modeled ornamentation of an exotic bird. The unperforated beak of the bird does not act as a spout, suggesting that the vessel may have functioned as a vase rather than a ewer or possibly it was intended only as a non-functional bural vessel simulating the shape of a ewer.
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- Title
- Pheasant-Head Ewer
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 95.91.3
- Curator Approved
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