PROPERTY OF AN AMERICAN ESTATE
A CIZHOU BEAN-SHAPED STONEWARE PILLOW
Details
A CIZHOU BEAN-SHAPED STONEWARE PILLOW
SONG DYNASTY
The slightly dished top with four shallow notches along its curved outer edge incised through a buff slip with a large peony sprig reserved on a ring-matted ground, with a vent hole in the base, covered with a clear glaze stopping short of the flat, unglazed base
8 7/8in. (22.5cm.) long
SONG DYNASTY
The slightly dished top with four shallow notches along its curved outer edge incised through a buff slip with a large peony sprig reserved on a ring-matted ground, with a vent hole in the base, covered with a clear glaze stopping short of the flat, unglazed base
8 7/8in. (22.5cm.) long
Provenance
Collection of Sir Harry and Lady Garner, no. 28
Bluett & Sons
Bluett & Sons
Literature
Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Chinese Art, New York, 1966, p. 248, no. 186
Exhibited
Venice, Italy, Mostra d'Arte Cinese, 1954, no. 521