Bird-Headed Ewer
A green-glazed stoneware ewer with a bird-shaped spout at the top and a ribbed neck above a full body. The body is molded with roundels showing a crane among leafy sprays, flowers, and lotus-like petals around the base. The handle is a rope-like band rising from the shoulder.
Look closer: Small lotus-like petals form a band at the foot of the body, partly hidden in shadow.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 600s–700s
- Medium
- green-glazed stoneware with modeled, molded, and applied decoration
- Source
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Size
- 2565 × 3400 px
Public domain · The Cleveland Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 799).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund