Blue-glazed chicken head pot

[Green glazed chicken head pot]

Green glazed chicken head pot, Western Jin Dynasty, 9 cm high, 4.5 cm caliber, 5.2 cm bottom diameter
The pot has a coiled mouth, a short neck, a bulging belly, and a flat bottom. The outer wall is painted with green glaze to the lower abdomen. One side of the shoulder is placed with chicken head flow, and the other side is pasted with chicken tail. Double systems are symmetrically arranged between the head and tail
The chicken head pot appeared in the late Three Kingdoms (Wu) period and was named after its beak was made into a chicken head. Generally, stick the chicken head on one side and the chicken tail on the other side of the shoulder of the small pot. The head and tail are symmetrical. In the Western Jin Dynasty, the chicken head pot was short and neckless. Some chicken heads were purely decorative and solid, and some were used as the spout to make it accessible
Blue glaze is the earliest color glaze of China’s porcelain, which appeared in the south. Celadon porcelain has always been the main product of Chinese porcelain. It has gone through the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Six Dynasties, the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. The so-called “green glaze” is not pure green, but has several colors, such as yellow, green, and green, but it can always be cyan. Iron oxide is used as the main colorant in the celadon glazes of all dynasties in China. The amount of iron oxide in the glaze has a great relationship with the color of the glaze.

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