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Lot Essay
Russet-painted black-glazed pillows are rare and it appears that the form of this pillow, raised on a waisted base, may be unique. Compare a black-glazed bean-shaped pillow painted with two large Chinese characters in rust-brown illustrated in Chinese Ceramic Pillows from the Yeung Wing Tak Collection, Museum of Oriental Ceramics ed., Osaka, 1984, cat. no. 121, p. 156, where it is dated 12th century.
A black-glazed pottery pillow with figural base dated to the Jin dynasty, in the Capital Museum Collection, is illustrated by Zhang (ed.) in Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji (Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China), vol. 1, Beijing, 2008, no. 70. See, also, a figural pillow covered in a dark-brown glaze that was included in the exhibition, The Silk Road, Treasures of Tang China, The Empress Place, Singapore, 1991, p. 140.
A black-glazed pottery pillow with figural base dated to the Jin dynasty, in the Capital Museum Collection, is illustrated by Zhang (ed.) in Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji (Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China), vol. 1, Beijing, 2008, no. 70. See, also, a figural pillow covered in a dark-brown glaze that was included in the exhibition, The Silk Road, Treasures of Tang China, The Empress Place, Singapore, 1991, p. 140.