Title

Brown glazed phoenix-headed vase, Liao Dynasty, China, 10th-early 11th century. Artist: Unknown

Caption

A phoenix-headed vase, the phoenix head surmounted by a foliated cup mouth. The phoenix head in the narrow neck only indicated, the tall neck in Tang style with seven ridges, the lower two thirds of the body of graceful jar form slightly pinched in about 2.5cm from the base. There are two incised lines round the shoulders and three lines round the pinched section. The ewer is covered with an orange brown glaze down three quarters of its length over a white slip.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art

Date

907th century

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B71_366

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

17,9Mb (392,1Kb) / 7,4in x 9,5in / 2207 x 2836 (300dpi)

Keywords

country China Chinese color colour brown location century pottery artefact dynasty Phoenix vase mythology artifact glazed stoneware 10th Century tenth century mythical creature Museum of East Asian Art 11th century Liao dynasty mythical beast object Eleventh Century Unknown ceramic ceramic object