Lot Essay
For a similiar example from the Jin Dynasty, see Christie's London, 8 December 1986, Lot 184.
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF NORMA AND WILLIAM GRUBER
A RARE CIZHOU TIGER-FORM PILLOW
SONG/JIN DYNASTY
Details
A RARE CIZHOU TIGER-FORM PILLOW
Song/Jin Dynasty
Modeled as a recumbent feline resting on all fours, the mouth slightly open to reveal fangs and a protruding tongue, the animal's details intricately painted in blackish-brown on the creamy white ground, the slightly dished rectangular top decorated with three blossoming flowers framed by foliate leaves on a net-work ground
11½ in. (29.3 cm.) long
Song/Jin Dynasty
Modeled as a recumbent feline resting on all fours, the mouth slightly open to reveal fangs and a protruding tongue, the animal's details intricately painted in blackish-brown on the creamy white ground, the slightly dished rectangular top decorated with three blossoming flowers framed by foliate leaves on a net-work ground
11½ in. (29.3 cm.) long