Chicken headed ewer with descending lotus-petal decor

Ewer with rounded shoulders, sides tapering gently inward and then straight down to a flat base; long, waisted cylindrical neck topped with dish-like mouth; short spout in the form of a chicken’s head with small tubular opening in its beak; curved handle attached to shoulder and dished mouth, placed opposite from the chicken-head spout; two squared lugs on the shoulders positioned bilaterally to the left and right of the spout; incised decoration of on the body of lotus petals pointing downward toward the foot; light gray stoneware with olive green glaze over incised decoration; unglazed base. Place of manufacture uncertain, probably southern China.