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Changsha kilns

Small Bird-Form Ewer

801-900

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Small Bird-Form Ewer

Changsha kilns

Small Bird-Form Ewer

Changsha kilns

Small Bird-Form Ewer

801-900

Physical Qualities Stoneware with green, brown, and transparent glazes, 3 1/2 × 3 3/4 × 4 3/4 in. (8.9 × 9.5 × 12.1 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Mark S. Pratt, Washington, D.C.
Object Number 2021.66
Changsha's ceramic wares have been found in Japan, Thailand, Iraq, Iran, and along the eastern coast of Africa. A similar ewer was recovered from the cargo of a c. 825-850 ship which sank off the coast of Ba Ria, Vietnam, probably headed to southwest Asia.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2021; Mark S. Pratt, Washington, D.C., by purchase, 1962; [unidentified source], Hong Kong
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