Pottery pot with celadon glaze and chicken-head shaped spout 

The Jin Dynasty 

The Chicken-Head shaped spout is a popular fashion for the design of pottery pots from the Jin to the beginning of Tang Dynasty. 　It was also called “Ying”. The handle was often designed as a chicken-tail so that the whole pot looked like poultry. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty it was a standard design. In the Sui Dynasty the shape became much slimmer. Sometimes the handle was designed as dragon-head or double chicken-head. The color of glaze was green or blue, sometimes also used white or black porcelain. In the Tang Dynasty it was still occasionally seen but became more and more rare until totally disappeared.

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