Chinese Tang dynasty sancai-glazed phoenix-head ewer

dc.contributor.other	Van Tilburg, J.A.
dc.date.accessioned	2016-07-06T12:33:13Z
dc.date.available	2016-07-06T12:33:13Z
dc.date.created	618 AD
dc.date.issued	2010
dc.description	This sancai-glazed phoenix-head ewer was derived from West-Asian metal vessels, which were imitated and adapted by lead-glazing potters of China. It has a moulded relief panel on each side, the one showing a mounted horseman and the other a fêng huang (phoenix) surrounded by floral motifs. The buff earthenware ewer is covered with a three-colour (sancai) lead glaze in the regular fashion of funerary vessels. It was made in two vertical halves, each half incorporating decoration and slightly flattened in body of oval section. These two parts were luted together so that the joint ran vertically up to the neck and spout. The handle moulded into vegetable sprouts at either end is a characteristic particular to this type. The spout, in phoenix-head shape, is blind, the only opening being at the top of the vessel. It seems that because vessels of this kind were made for tombs proper, pouring spouts were considered immaterial. The beak holds a pearl and the lip of the vessel is elaborately moulded to represent the phoenix’s crest.	en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorship	Ceramic 101	en_ZA
dc.format.extent	330 mm x 170 mm	en_ZA
dc.format.medium	Earthenware with a lead glaze	en_ZA
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53840
dc.publisher	Department of the University of Pretoria Art	en_ZA
dc.relation.ispartofseries	UP-Art : paintings, drawings and sculptures	en_ZA
dc.relation.ispartofseries	D701189	en_ZA
dc.rights	Copyright of the electronic version, University of Pretoria.	en_ZA
dc.subject	phoenix-head	en_ZA
dc.title	Chinese Tang dynasty sancai-glazed phoenix-head ewer	en_ZA
dc.type	Image	en_ZA