A 'YUE' CHICKEN-HEAD POTTERY EWER  WESTERN JIN DYNASTY (AD 2...

Hammer

£700

A 'YUE' CHICKEN-HEAD POTTERY EWER 
WESTERN JIN DYNASTY (AD 265-317)
鸡首壶 西晋(265-317)
the globular body with a waisted neck and galleried rim, flanked by a chicken-head spout opposite a curved handle ending with a dragon head biting the mouth rim, the shoulders set with two lug handles
24cm high

PROVENANCE: PROVENANCE: From a Private Cumbrian Collection, formerly the Collection of the Late Edward Seaton - No. 35.