Greenware Chicken's-head
Ewer with Brown Mottle
Chin Dynasty
(A.D. 265-385)
Height            23.1cm
Diameter of dish mouth         
8.3cm
     The chicken's-head 
ewer is said to have 
originated with the non-
Chinese peoples of central 
Asia. Pottery vessels of 
this kind were popular in 
China up to the late T'ang 
period.