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<em>Chicken-headed Ewer</em>, 316-420. High-fired green ware (celadon), 8 x 7 1/2 in. (20.3 x 19.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman, 1991.127.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.1991.127.2_1991_xrs_detail01.jpg)
Chicken-headed Ewer, 316-420. High-fired green ware (celadon), 8 x 7 1/2 in. (20.3 x 19.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman, 1991.127.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.1991.127.2_1991_xrs_detail01.jpg)
<em>Chicken-headed Ewer</em>, 316-420. High-fired green ware (celadon), 8 x 7 1/2 in. (20.3 x 19.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman, 1991.127.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.1991.127.2_1991_xrs_detail01.jpg)

Chicken-headed Ewer, 316-420. High-fired green ware (celadon), 8 x 7 1/2 in. (20.3 x 19.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman, 1991.127.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.1991.127.2_1991_xrs_detail01.jpg)

<em>Chicken-headed Ewer</em>, 316-420. High-fired green ware (celadon), 8 x 7 1/2 in. (20.3 x 19.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman, 1991.127.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1991.127.2_bw.jpg)

Chicken-headed Ewer, 316-420. High-fired green ware (celadon), 8 x 7 1/2 in. (20.3 x 19.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman, 1991.127.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1991.127.2_bw.jpg)

<em>Chicken-headed Ewer</em>, 316-420. High-fired green ware (celadon), 8 x 7 1/2 in. (20.3 x 19.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman, 1991.127.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.1991.127.2_1991_xrs_detail02.jpg)

Chicken-headed Ewer, 316-420. High-fired green ware (celadon), 8 x 7 1/2 in. (20.3 x 19.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman, 1991.127.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.1991.127.2_1991_xrs_detail02.jpg)

<em>Chicken-headed Ewer</em>, 316-420. High-fired green ware (celadon), 8 x 7 1/2 in. (20.3 x 19.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman, 1991.127.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.1991.127.2_1991_xrs_detail03.jpg)

Chicken-headed Ewer, 316-420. High-fired green ware (celadon), 8 x 7 1/2 in. (20.3 x 19.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman, 1991.127.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.1991.127.2_1991_xrs_detail03.jpg)

<em>Chicken-headed Ewer</em>, 316-420. High-fired green ware (celadon), 8 x 7 1/2 in. (20.3 x 19.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman, 1991.127.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.1991.127.2_1991_xrs_detail04.jpg)

Chicken-headed Ewer, 316-420. High-fired green ware (celadon), 8 x 7 1/2 in. (20.3 x 19.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman, 1991.127.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.1991.127.2_1991_xrs_detail04.jpg)

<em>Chicken-headed Ewer</em>, 316-420. High-fired green ware (celadon), 8 x 7 1/2 in. (20.3 x 19.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman, 1991.127.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.1991.127.2_1991_xrs_detail05.jpg)

Chicken-headed Ewer, 316-420. High-fired green ware (celadon), 8 x 7 1/2 in. (20.3 x 19.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman, 1991.127.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.1991.127.2_1991_xrs_detail05.jpg)

<em>Chicken-headed Ewer</em>, 316-420. High-fired green ware (celadon), 8 x 7 1/2 in. (20.3 x 19.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman, 1991.127.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.1991.127.2_1991_xrs_detail06.jpg)

Chicken-headed Ewer, 316-420. High-fired green ware (celadon), 8 x 7 1/2 in. (20.3 x 19.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman, 1991.127.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.1991.127.2_1991_xrs_detail06.jpg)

<em>Chicken-headed Ewer</em>, 316-420. High-fired green ware (celadon), 8 x 7 1/2 in. (20.3 x 19.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman, 1991.127.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.1991.127.2_1991_xrs_detail07.jpg)

Chicken-headed Ewer, 316-420. High-fired green ware (celadon), 8 x 7 1/2 in. (20.3 x 19.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman, 1991.127.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.1991.127.2_1991_xrs_detail07.jpg)

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Chicken-headed Ewer

Asian Art

MEDIUM High-fired green ware (celadon)
  • Place Made: China
    • DATES 316-420
    DYNASTY Eastern Jin Dynasty
    PERIOD Six Dynasties Period
    DIMENSIONS 8 x 7 1/2 in. (20.3 x 19.1 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Asian Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 1991.127.2
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Chicken-headed Ewer, 316-420. High-fired green ware (celadon), 8 x 7 1/2 in. (20.3 x 19.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman, 1991.127.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.1991.127.2_1991_xrs_detail01.jpg)
    IMAGE detail, CONS.1991.127.2_1991_xrs_detail01.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 1991
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