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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE MIDWEST COLLECTION
A CIZHOU-TYPE PAINTED TIGER-FORM PILLOW
JIN DYNASTY, LATE 12TH CENTURY
Details
A CIZHOU-TYPE PAINTED TIGER-FORM PILLOW
JIN DYNASTY, LATE 12TH CENTURY
The pillow is molded as a recumbent tiger, the details painted in black and rust-brown on a white slip and under a clear glaze, and the slightly dished top is painted with a rectangular panel of a leafy flower stem.
15 in. (38 cm.) long
JIN DYNASTY, LATE 12TH CENTURY
The pillow is molded as a recumbent tiger, the details painted in black and rust-brown on a white slip and under a clear glaze, and the slightly dished top is painted with a rectangular panel of a leafy flower stem.
15 in. (38 cm.) long
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, 4 June 1986, lot 57.
Brought to you by
Margaret Gristina (葛曼琪)
Senior Specialist, Head of Private sales, Chinese Works of Art, New York