CHINA, JIN-YUAN DYNASTY (1115-1368)

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A LARGE GREEN-GLAZED POTTERY RECTANGULAR PILLOW
CHINA, JIN-YUAN DYNASTY (1115-1368)
The top divided into two rectangular sections, each incised with an inscription within a foliate border, the top covered in a green glaze that continues over the edge onto the sides
17 1/16 in. (43.4 cm.) long

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Lot Essay

Each inscription is a poem expressing a wife’s longing for her husband, who is away.

Compare a similar sancai-glazed pillow, dated Jin-Yuan dynasty (1115-1368), illustrated by Tsugio Mikami in Sekai Toji Zenshu - 13 - Liao, Jin, Yuan, Tokyo, 1981, p. 243, no. 276, where the top is also divided into two sections within a foliate border and is inscribed with the same poem.

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