Sujet
Phoenix-headed ewer, Five Dynasties-Northern Song dynasty, China, 10th-early 11th century. Artist: Unknown
Légende
Phoenix-headed ewer with brown highlights, Five Dynasties-Northern Song dynasty, China, 10th-early 11th century. A phoenix-headed ewer, the head is sharply sculpted and placed at the top of a tall four-ringed slender neck. The body is decorated with two bands of overlapping petals. The whole piece is covered by a shiny white glaze of ivory tint with numerous iron brown spots on the raised shoulder and phoenix head and streaks down the centre of the upper band of petals.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art
Date
900e siècle
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images
Notre référence
HRM19B71_362
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
17,9Mo (406,6Ko) / 18,8cm x 24,0cm / 2215 x 2832 (300dpi)