Changsha kilns
Small Bird-Form Ewer
9th century
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
Collection installation, "Asia. Exchange across Land & Sea," Levy Gallery, Baltimore Museum of Art, October 5, 2023-
On View: Levy Gallery 2, Case 01/B
