NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (AD 960-1127)

A Cizhou-type pillow of different form, but similarly carved on top with a leafy peony stem set against a ring-punched ground, from the estate of Walter Hochstadter and Alice Chu, was sold at Christie's New York, 24-25 March 2011, lot 1320.

Oxford Authentication thermoluminescence test no. P111b45 is consistent with the dating of this lot.