Blue-glazed chicken head pot

[Green glazed chicken head pot]

Green glazed chicken head pot, Western Jin Dynasty, 15.5 cm high, 10.7 cm caliber, 8 cm bottom diameter
The pot has a round mouth, a short straight neck, a flowing shoulder, a bulging belly, a sharp close to the bottom, and a flat bottom. The body is grayish white with celadon glaze. The chicken head and tail are pasted on both sides of the shoulder, and there are four horizontal lines and heads
The chicken head and tail are purely decorative. The chicken head is short, neckless, solid and pointed, and is not connected with the abdomen. Such implements are mostly unearthed in the tombs of Sunwu and Western Jin in Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces
The chicken head pot, also known as “Tianji pot” and “chicken head pot”, was first seen in the late Eastern Wu Dynasty. It was popular from the Eastern Jin Dynasty to the early Southern Dynasty. In the middle and late Eastern Jin Dynasty, various animal-shaped utensils disappeared, and the shape of celadon porcelain tended to be simplified, but the shape and decoration techniques of the chicken head pot were increasingly rich