GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Vessels with unusual shapes were popular items for potters. The types included zoomorphic ewers, or pouring vessels, shaped like fantastic animals or birds such as this one, a popular chicken-spouted ewer with dragon-form handles. During the Tang dynasty (618-906 C.E.) in particular, ewers and amphoras like this, with animal or dragon-form handles show the creature biting the rim. This vessel is possibly related to the chicken-spouted ewer with a single dragon-form handle which was widely produced during the Six Dynasties and Sui periods (3rd to 7th centuries CE). However, here the vessel has a second handle, and the chicken-head spout on the shoulder has been reduced to accommodate appliqué masks applied at the base of each handle.
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Dr. Anne Bromberg, The Cecil and Ida Green Curator of Ancient and Asian Art, DMA label copy (1985.119), June 2005.
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n.d.: Private collection, Japan
1985: Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from Eskanazi, Ltd., London
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The main source for this provenance is the copy of the Dallas Museum of Art Acquisition Checklist dated October 22, 1985 in the Collections Records object file.
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General Description
Vessels with unusual shapes were popular items for potters. The types included zoomorphic ewers, or pouring vessels, shaped like fantastic animals or birds such as this one, a popular chicken-spouted ewer with dragon-form handles. During the Tang dynasty (618-906 C.E.) in particular, ewers and amphoras like this, with animal or dragon-form handles show the creature biting the rim. This vessel is possibly related to the chicken-spouted ewer with a single dragon-form handle which was widely produced during the Six Dynasties and Sui periods (3rd to 7th centuries CE). However, here the vessel has a second handle, and the chicken-head spout on the shoulder has been reduced to accommodate appliqué masks applied at the base of each handle.
Adapted from
Dr. Anne Bromberg, The Cecil and Ida Green Curator of Ancient and Asian Art, DMA label copy (1985.119), June 2005.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
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Notes
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
n.d.: Private collection, Japan
1985: Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from Eskanazi, Ltd., London
Notes:
The main source for this provenance is the copy of the Dallas Museum of Art Acquisition Checklist dated October 22, 1985 in the Collections Records object file.
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