A CIZHOU INSCRIBED PILLOW
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A CIZHOU INSCRIBED PILLOW

CHINA, JIN DYNASTY, 12TH CENTURY

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A CIZHOU INSCRIBED PILLOW
CHINA, JIN DYNASTY, 12TH CENTURY
With tall sides, the canted top painted in brown on white slip with a thirteen-character inscription that may be translated, 'The pure breeze wakens me from drunkenness. The dream is broken and the window is filled with a fading moon', within a double line border, all under a clear glaze
10 1/8 in. (25.5 cm.) wide, box
Provenance
The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, acquired in Hong Kong, 1987.
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