Verseuse à tête de coq, M.C. 2018-133(4)

Author(s): anonymous, potter production date: between 420 and 479 dating in century: 5th century type(s) of object(s): china, ceramics, beliefs - customs - cults - ceremonies name(s): jug materials and techniques: stoneware, celadon, modeling, added decoration (ceramic) location(s) of execution/realization: jiangnan (region) dimensions - artwork: height: 22. 2cm width: 15. 7cm description: this jug is characterized by a swollen shoulder giving rise to a long and thin neck ending in a tray opening. On the shoulder two small three-faceted handles are grafted laterally. The curved handle, higher than the lip of the container, responds to the artificial spout modeled as a rooster's head. The piece is covered in a thin olive green cecidon glaze covered with a fine network of cracks. It has some gaps. The base, slightly concave, is devoid of cover. The shard has taken on a buff-orange hue. Themes / subjects / places represented: animal representation, rooster mode of acquisition: legacy name of donor, testator, seller: preston, harley hall institution: cernuschi museum, museum of asian arts of the city of paris inventory number: m. C. 2018-133. Date: between 420 and 479.