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ANOTHER PROPERTY

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AN INSCRIBED CIZHOU-TYPE GREEN-GLAZED PILLOW WITH MARBLED
DECORATION
EARLY NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 10TH-11TH CENTURY

The fan-shaped pillow is decorated to the top with roundels of marbled black and white
clay, reserved against a ground with sylised florettes in black, repeated on the sides of the
pillow, covered overall with a bright transparent green glaze. The base is inscribed with the
characters Pei jia hua zhen, ‘pillow by the Pei Family’.

10Ω in. (26.7 cm.) wide, box

HK$80,000-120,000 US$11,000-16,000

A green-glazed pillow made in very similar decorative technique and bearing similar (mark)
motifs is in the Shenzhen Museum, illustrated in Dated Ceramics of the Song, Liao and
Jin Periods, Beijing, 2004, col. pl. 12. Acccording to page 40 to 41 of this publication,
a number of similar pillows are known, some bearing the inscription ‘pillow by the Pei
Family’ or ‘pillow by the Du Family’. It has been suggested that this group of pillows was
made in the kilns in Henan.

北宋早期 磁州窯系綠釉局部絞胎團花紋枕 「裴家花枕」刻款

深圳市博物館藏一件綠釉枕，紋飾及裝飾手法與本拍品大同小異，定年北宋早期，
著錄於2004年北京出版《宋遼金紀年瓷器》，彩圖12號。書中提到這類花枕部分刻有
「裴家花枕」或「杜家花枕」銘，估計是河南地區之出品（參考40-41頁）。

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