Ewer in the Shape of a Phoenix

about 1570–1580

Details

Title: Ewer in the Shape of a Phoenix
Date Created: about 1570–1580
Location Created: China
Physical Dimensions: 11 11/16 x 3 x 5 7/8 in. (29.69 x 7.62 x 14.92 cm)
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Medium: Enamel on unglazed porcelain; gilded silver mounts added by Friedrich Hillebrand (German, d. 1608), Nuremberg, Germany, about 1600, with later additions
Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Credit Line: Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio. Bequest of Charles Phelps Taft and Anna Sinton Taft
Accession Number: 1931.18

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