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JIN DYNASTY (1115-1234)
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A RARE SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY 'TIGER’S HEAD' PILLOW
JIN DYNASTY (1115-1234)
The pillow top is elaborately incised with a fish within a diaper-band framed by a further band of leafy scrolls, resting on a moulded tiger’s head with bulging eyes and flaring nostrils. The back is inscribed under the glaze with ci qu xie bi'e, which can be translated as 'a wish to evade harm and avoid evil'.
8 1⁄2 in. (215 cm) wide
JIN DYNASTY (1115-1234)
The pillow top is elaborately incised with a fish within a diaper-band framed by a further band of leafy scrolls, resting on a moulded tiger’s head with bulging eyes and flaring nostrils. The back is inscribed under the glaze with ci qu xie bi'e, which can be translated as 'a wish to evade harm and avoid evil'.
8 1⁄2 in. (215 cm) wide
Provenance
Collection of the La Jolla Museum of Art, La Jolla, California
Sold at Sotheby’s Los Angeles, 7-10 June 1976, lot 1435
Sold at Sotheby’s London, 15 July 1980, lot 47
Collection of Jane Carnegie, Melbourne
Sold at Sotheby’s London, 15 May 2019, lot 101
Sold at Sotheby’s Los Angeles, 7-10 June 1976, lot 1435
Sold at Sotheby’s London, 15 July 1980, lot 47
Collection of Jane Carnegie, Melbourne
Sold at Sotheby’s London, 15 May 2019, lot 101
Literature
Mary Redfern, China without Dragons. An Exhibition Presented by the Oriental Ceramic Society, Arts of Asia, November-December 2016, p.159, fig.3
Exhibited
Freedom of Clay and Brush through Seven Centuries in Northern China. Tz'u-chou Type Wares, 960-1600 AD, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, 1980-81 (late inclusion in the exhibition, no catalogue entry)
Oriental Art. Works of Art from China, Japan, India and Southeast Asia, Georges Gallery, Melbourne, 1981, cat. no. 21
China without Dragons. Rare pieces from Oriental Ceramic Society Members, London, 2016, Catalogue no.18
Oriental Art. Works of Art from China, Japan, India and Southeast Asia, Georges Gallery, Melbourne, 1981, cat. no. 21
China without Dragons. Rare pieces from Oriental Ceramic Society Members, London, 2016, Catalogue no.18
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