東晉 越窯青瓷雞首壺, Chicken-Headed Ewer, Eastern Jin dynasty (317–420), 4th–5th century, China, Stoneware with celadon glaze (Yue ware

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東晉 越窯青瓷雞首壺, Chicken-Headed Ewer, Eastern Jin dynasty (317–420), 4th–5th century, China, Stoneware with celadon glaze (Yue ware), H. (to top of handle) 7 1/2 in. ( cm), Ceramics, The beginnings of the Chinese celadon tradition can be traced to the Yue kilns (a term that comes from the ancient name for a region in Zhejiang Province), which in the fourth century began to produce highfired stoneware covered with gray-green glazes

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