Celadon Bird?Form Water DropperSuggested Period: Two?Jin Dynasties, Yue Kiln GroupDimensions: Height 2.36 in, Maximum Diameter 2.76 inObject DescriptionMaterial and CraftsmanshipMould?formed with supplementary hand?modelling. Covered overall in grey?celadon glaze with a thin, velvety glaze layer. The glaze surface bears natural glaze loss and whitish burial encrustation from long?term burial; scattered brown kiln specks appear along the rim. Crafted with **three?dimensional appliqué modelling**: the vessel body is shaped as a bird. The projecting bird?head serves as a spout pierced with a small outflow hole. Applied wings on both sides feature incised lines rendering feather veins, rendered in a naive, archaic style.Flat base without foot?ring, unglazed at the bottom. The biscuit is pale earth?yellow, marked by reddish?brown kiln discoloration and heavy burial deposits; mould?join seams from the casting process are visible on the base. Interior is glazed in celadon. **No breaks, no penetrating cracks, no restorations**. Glaze erosion and soil encrustation are authentic burial?age characteristics; no signs of modern artificial ageing. Appliqué animal?and?bird ornamentation is highly typical of Yue?kiln wares of the Two?Jin period.Form and FunctionFlared dish?shaped mouth, short constricted neck, compressed globular belly, flat base. The whole vessel is modelled after a bird, with the bird?head functioning as a spout. Bird?form water droppers of the Two?Jin dynasties served as scholarly desk implements for holding ink?stone water, and were also interred as funerary stationery grave goods. The bird motif carries auspicious connotations, symbolizing freedom and spiritual transcendence. Naive and vivid in sculptural expression, this piece is a representative small scholar’s object of Yue?kiln biomorphic ceramics, illustrating the modelling techniques and literati aesthetic of celadon during the Two?Jin era.