A SMALL SANCAI-GLAZED MARBLED POTTERY RECTANGULAR 'PULSE PILLOW'

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A SMALL SANCAI-GLAZED MARBLED POTTERY RECTANGULAR 'PULSE PILLOW'
TANG DYNASTY

Of block form, the top, bottom and ends made of slabs of red and white marbled clay, the long sides plain except for marbled upper and lower borders, covered overall with a glaze of leaf green, amber and cream color forming an open network on the top and bottom and diagonal stripes on the sides (some rim chips and glaze flaking)
4 3/8in. (11.1cm.) long, box

Lot Essay

A very similar sancai-glazed marbled 'pulse pillow' is illustrated by Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. I, London, 1994, no. 277. Two yellow-glazed marbled pillows of this size and shape are also illustrated: One in Chinese Ceramic Pillows: The Mr. and Mrs. Yeung Wing Tak Gift, Hong Kong, 1993, no. 2; the other from the Collection of C. Adrian Rübel, in the Catalogue for the exhibition, Chinese Ceramics, Los Angeles County Museum, 1952, no. 81