Lot Essay
The result of Oxford Thermoluminescence test, no.C97f84, is consistent with the dating of this lot.
An almost identical pillow is in the Luoyang Museum of Cultural Relics, illustrated in Collection of Masterpieces of Chinese Cultural Relics - Ceramics, Hong Kong, 1993, fig.457, p.131; and another is in the Tokyo National Museum, illustrated Oriental Ceramics, the World's Great Collections, vol.1, fig.39. Another similar pillow, but with figures and a camel on the top is in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, illustrated Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol.10, no.73; and another with a floral rosette on the top was exhibited, The Arts of the T'ang Dynasty, O.C.S., 1955, Catalogue, no.148, lent by H.M. The King of Sweden, and now in the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, illustrated Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol.8, colour plate 21.
An almost identical pillow is in the Luoyang Museum of Cultural Relics, illustrated in Collection of Masterpieces of Chinese Cultural Relics - Ceramics, Hong Kong, 1993, fig.457, p.131; and another is in the Tokyo National Museum, illustrated Oriental Ceramics, the World's Great Collections, vol.1, fig.39. Another similar pillow, but with figures and a camel on the top is in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, illustrated Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol.10, no.73; and another with a floral rosette on the top was exhibited, The Arts of the T'ang Dynasty, O.C.S., 1955, Catalogue, no.148, lent by H.M. The King of Sweden, and now in the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, illustrated Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol.8, colour plate 21.