NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (AD 960-1127)

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A CIZHOU-TYPE CREAM-GLAZED PILLOW
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (AD 960-1127)
The ruyi-form top is raised on conforming sides and is carved with a leafy peony stem, reserved on a ring-punched ground. The pillow is covered allover in a cream glaze over a white slip that stops at the foot and around the front panel of the base.
11½ in. (29.2 cm.) wide

Provenance

Robert H. Ellsworth, New York.

Lot Essay

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.

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