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A ‘QINGBAI’ JAR AND COVER, SONG DYNASTY, thinly potted, the bulbous body rising from a splayed foot to a
cylindrical neck encircled by four scrolled handles, set with a flat circular cover bordered by molded rings, covered with a thin bone-white
glaze pooling to pale seafoam around the foot (2)

Ⴘ 䱿⮪䛶ఈ㎘㧸㑽
Height 5¾ in., 14.6 cm
$ 3,000-5,000

PROVENANCE ҳ⎽
Collection of Ira (1912-2004) and Nancy (1915-2005) Ira 1912 2004 ࣷ Nancy 1915 2005 Koger ж٤ᩣ㫼
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Koger. Ralph M Chait Galleries喑㈽㈱
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York.

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A ‘CIZHOU’ TIGER-FORM PILLOW, JIN DYNASTY, the recumbent beast modeled with its head resting upon the front
paws, the tail wrapped around the haunches, painted with bold black stripes over a russet-orange glaze covering the body, the white slip
reserved at the top of the head and applied over the tip of the tail, the base left unglazed to reveal the buff clay body

䛾 ⷮጋ⿝㭻ᒏ᳂
Length 15¼ in., 38.7 cm
$ 12,000-15,000

PROVENANCE ҳ⎽
Blitz Oriental Art, Amsterdam. Blitz Oriental Art喑䭬໳᫜➦ͦ
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Jin dynasty tiger-form pillows of this type are rare. Most tiger-form pillows from that era surviving today
were modeled with a white slip-covered and outlined headrest often painted with a foliate composition. The
present example more subtly incorporates the headrest as a flattened continuation of the beast’s back. An
example similar to the present is illustrated in Chinese Ceramic Pillows: the Mr. & Mrs. Yeung Wing Tak Gift,
Hong Kong, 1993, cat. no. 124. Another similar example formerly with Eskenazi Ltd., London, was offered at
th
Christie’s New York, 6 June 1985, lot 357.

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