JIN DYNASTY, LATE 12TH-13TH CENTURY

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A SANCAI-GLAZED LION-FORM PILLOW
JIN DYNASTY, LATE 12TH-13TH CENTURY
Molded as a recumbent lion with dark brown markings on the bright amber body and green tail, the dished top with a central green-glazed field carved with two fish swimming against a ground of finely combed waves
8½ in. (21.7 cm.) long

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Compare the very similar sancai-glazed pillow molded as a recumbent lion dated to the Jin dynasty in the Victoria and Albert Museum illustrated by R. Kerr, Song Ceramics, London, 2004, p. 74, no. 73.

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