id:			147587
accession number:	1973.84
share license status:	CC0
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updated:		2022-10-29 15:10:11.097000

Chicken-Headed Ewer, AD 220–589. China, Zhejiang province, Southern Dynasties period (420-589). Green-glazed stoneware with incised, carved and applied decoration, Yue ware; overall: 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John D. MacDonald 1973.84

title:				Chicken-Headed Ewer
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creation date:			AD 220–589
creation date earliest:		220
creation date latest:		589
current location:		239 Chinese Ceramics and Metalwork
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John D. MacDonald
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culture:	China, Zhejiang province, Southern Dynasties period (420-589)
technique:	green-glazed stoneware with incised, carved and applied decoration, Yue ware
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Southern Dynasties
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Overall: 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Twain Shall Meet
	opening date:   1985-10-30T04:00:00
	<i>The Twain Shall Meet</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 1985-January 5, 1986).

	title:		Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions
	opening date:   1994-10-18T04:00:00
	<i>Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 18-December 31, 1994).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Chinese Ceramics from the Prehistoric Period Through Ch'ien Lung; A Loan Exhibition from Collections in America and Japan. </em>Los Angeles, CA (March 14-April 27, 1952).

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PROVENANCE

	Mr. and Mrs. John D. MacDonald, Cambridge, MA, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1973
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1973–
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wall description: 
The development of high-fired celadon in the south was a significant achievement in Chinese ceramics history. The ewer's shape was indigenous and appeared to have been transformed from the hu (jar) attached with a small chicken head. Whereas the early chicken-headed ewers have a wide, stout body, this example represents a further development toward more elongated proportions, adding the decoration of carved lotus petals.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Trubner, Henry. <em>Chinese Ceramics from the Prehistoric Period Through Ch'ien Lung; A Loan Exhibition from Collections in America and Japan. March 14 to April 27, 1952</em>. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum, 1952.
	page number: 	cat. no. 52
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. <em>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 87, no. 92
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	Wilson, J. Keith, and Anne E. Wardwell. "New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>81, no. 8 (1994): 270-347.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 322; Mentioned: p. 322, 324, 347
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161465

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