Lot Essay
For other Zhang family pillows, see Bo Gyllenvärd, Kinesikt Porselae: og dets forhistorie, Kobenhavn, 1967, p. 45, no. 25; Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, 1975-77, vol. 41, p. 253, pl. 95a; the Eumorfopoulos example illustrated by R.L. Hobson, Catalogue of the George Eumorfopoulos Collection of Chinese, Corean and Persian Pottery and Porcelain, vol. III, London, 1927, pl. XLVIII, no. C309; the Victoria and Albert Museum example illustrated by M. Medley, Yüan Porcelain and Stoneware, London, 1974, pl. 99a and Toji Taikei (new Heibonsha Series), vol. 39, Tokyo, 1974, nos. 71 and 72; another pillow sold in our London Rooms, 14 July 1980, lot 145 and again, 15 July 1981, lot 14.