Celadon Chicken?Head EwerSuggested Period: Two?Jin Dynasties, Yue Kiln GroupDimensions: Height 3.94 inObject DescriptionMaterial and CraftsmanshipPrimarily wheel?thrown, with the chicken?head spout, curved handle and bridge?shaped lugs applied via **appliqué modelling**. The vessel is fully covered in yellowish?celadon glaze of mellow texture; minute dark?brown impurity specks scatter across the glaze surface, and natural throwing?formed horizontal cordons are visible on the exterior. The chicken?head functions as a spout, modelled with comb and beak, pierced at the beak to form the pouring aperture. Opposite the spout, a curved handle links the flared dish?mouth to the shoulder. Two pairs of symmetric bridge?shaped lugs are applied to the shoulder for cord threading.Unglazed flat base. The biscuit exhibits brick?red mixed with earth?yellow tones, with extensive reddish?brown kiln staining and burial encrustation on the base. Secure glaze?to?body adhesion. **No breaks, no penetrating cracks, no restorations**. Minor age?related wear is present on the rim and lugs alongside limited natural glaze loss; all are authentic burial?transmission ageing features, without evidence of modern artificial alteration. Chicken?head ewers rank among the most iconic vessel types of Two?Jin Yue?kiln production.Form and FunctionDish?shaped mouth, constricted neck, full rounded shoulders, globular body, tapering lower belly, flat base. During the Two?Jin dynasties, chicken?head ewers served as practical vessels for wine and water storage?pouring, and were also widely interred as funerary grave goods. In ancient Chinese culture, the chicken carries auspicious and apotropaic symbolism. Robust and well?proportioned, with archaic sculptural detailing, this piece combines wheel?throwing and appliqué techniques, exemplifying the ceramic?forming expertise and period aesthetic of Yue?kiln celadon of the Two?Jin era.