Ewer with Phoenixes, Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), 11th–12th century, China, Stoneware with incised and carved decoration

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Ewer with Phoenixes, Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), 11th–12th century, China, Stoneware with incised and carved decoration under celadon glaze (Yaozhou ware), H. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm); Diam. 6 in. ( cm), Ceramics, This unique ewer, with its added decoration of a small figure on the handle and its fanciful spout and legs, illustrates the interest in complicated forms found in the eleventh and twelfth centuries in north China

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