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PROPERTY FROM THE YI LAN TANG COLLECTION
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A SUPERB HENAN DENGFENG SGRAFFITO 北宋/金 登封窯白釉珍珠地劃花荷塘牡丹紋枕
‘LOTUS’ PILLOW
NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY (960-1234) 來源
2009年購於香港
The bean-shaped pillow is elaborately carved through a white slip 倚嵐堂珍藏
with a bold design of lotus blossom, pod and leaves against a fish-
roe ground on the top, the sides with four cartouches enclosing 此器經中科研發有限公司熱釋光測年法檢測（測試編號5725XH25；
peony motifs against a fish-roe ground, all covered with a crackled 2009年8月31日），證實與本圖錄之定年符合。
clear glaze with the exception of the base, revealing the reddish-
brown body. The back is pierced with a ventilation hole.
11 Ω in. (29.6 cm.) wide, box
HK$350,000-550,000 US$46,000-71,000

PROVENANCE
Acquired in Hong Kong, 2009
The result of C-Link Research & Development Limited
thermoluminescence test no. 5725XH25 (31 August 2009) is consistent
with the dating of this lot.

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