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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF RUTH PHILLIPS
A RARE GREEN-GLAZED SGRAFFITO POTTERY PILLOW
JIN DYNASTY, 12TH-13TH CENTURY
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A RARE GREEN-GLAZED SGRAFFITO POTTERY PILLOW
JIN DYNASTY, 12TH-13TH CENTURY
With faceted sides, the sloping top carved with a naked boy shown from the back as he clutches a lotus bouquet, wearing slippers and bangles at his ankles and wrists and with the ties of his apron draped down his back, all under a thin green glaze reserved against a brown ground
10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm.) long
JIN DYNASTY, 12TH-13TH CENTURY
With faceted sides, the sloping top carved with a naked boy shown from the back as he clutches a lotus bouquet, wearing slippers and bangles at his ankles and wrists and with the ties of his apron draped down his back, all under a thin green glaze reserved against a brown ground
10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm.) long
Provenance
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York.