Lot 168
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AN UNUSUAL INSCRIBED SMALL PARCEL-GILT SILVER PILLOW
AN UNUSUAL INSCRIBED SMALL PARCEL-GILT SILVER PILLOW

LIAO DYNASTY (907-1125)

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AN UNUSUAL INSCRIBED SMALL PARCEL-GILT SILVER PILLOW
Liao dynasty (907-1125)
Of rectanglular form, the slightly concave top incised with a pair of confronted phoenixes, the two long sides decorated with a flower flanked by birds in flight and the ends with a monster mask, all picked out in gilding and reserved on a diaper ground within a plain border, with a forty-four character inscription inscribed on the base
4½in. (11.5cm.) long, box

Lot Essay

Compare the silver pillow of this type and size incised with an inscription with a date corresponding to 985, decorated on the top with a pair of confronted phoenixes, and on the long sides with monster masks, illustrated in Chinesisches Gold und Silber; Die Sammlung Pierre Uldry, Zurich, 1994, no. 242. Unlike the present example the grounds of the decorative panels appear to be plain.

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