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A VERY RARE YUE CELADON DOUBLE 南朝ǎ̩ˠ紀ǎ㈻⒋青釉雙❢雞首ૐ
'CHICKEN-HEAD' EWER
Ϝ源
SOUTHERN DYNASTIES, 5TH CENTURY
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秦峰⁸珍藏
神戶
日本
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 ֨ḛ
of the dish-shaped mouth. The shoulder is further set with two angular lug handles 東̺
日本陶⌘ژ會
Ǚ中य़青⌘展ǚ
年 日
and the ewer is covered overall with a greenish-olive glaze. 編號
10º in. (26 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
$18,000-25,000 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
PROVENANCE:
exhibition catalogue, China in Venice, Milan, 1986,
In Japan prior to 1950.
p. 123, no. 21. Another Yue celadon example, which has
Mineo Hata Collection, Kobe, Japan.
a double chicken-head spout, but is covered in a black
EXHIBITED: glaze, is illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics
Tokyo, The Japan Ceramics Society, Chugoku seiji ten (Exhibition of Celadon), from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994,
13-14 October 1950, no. 8. pp. 94-5, no. 151.

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