Highlights
Chicken-shaped Pottery
- Nationality/Period
Baekje Kingdom
- Provenance
Seosan-si
- Materials
Clay
- Category
life in society - life in ceremony - religious ceremonies - dishes or utensils used in religious sacrifices or worship
- Dimensions
H. 19.5cm
- Accession Number
Sinsu 3331
Discovered at a low hill in Namjeong-ri, Gobuk-myeon, Seosan, Chungcheongnam-do in 1976, this chicken-shaped pottery is presumed to have been buried in a Baekje tomb dating back to the early 5th century. It has lost its tail part, but the beak, eyes, and crest are exquisitely expressed, while the cheeks are a little chubby. Pottery vessels of this form are often unearthed from tombs dating back to the Three Kingdoms Period.