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. Although they are not listed among the official kilns of the Northern and Southern Song dynasties, historical sources indicate that Yaozhou wares were also produced for imperial use.
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北宋 耀州窯青瓷刻劃花鳳紋提梁壺
Title:Ewer with phoenix
Period:Northern Song dynasty (960–1127)
Date:11th–12th century
Culture:China
Medium:Stoneware with incised and carved decoration under celadon glaze (Yaozhou ware)
Dimensions:H. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm); Diam. 6 in. (15.2 cm)
Classification:Ceramics
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Samuel T. Peters, 1926
Object Number:26.292.73
Mrs. Samuel T. Peters , New York, (until 1926; donated to MMA)
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