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PROPERTY FROM THE XINYANGTANG COLLECTION 金 磁州彩繪仕女枕
A CIZHOU ‘LADY’ PILLOW 來源：
JIN DYNASTY
紐約佳士得1987年6月4日，編號237
modelled in the form of a reclining lady with the head resting 倫敦蘇富比2001年6月20日，編號60
on her arms and her legs tucked in, the robes painted in 香港大成古玩有限公司，2001年7月17日
variegated tones of brown with floral sprays, the facial details
and outlines painted in black, applied overall save for the base
in a transparent glaze
42 cm, 16½ in.
PROVENANCE
Christie’s New York, 4th June 1987, lot 237.
Sotheby’s London, 20th June 2001, lot 60.
Tai Sing Fine Antiques Ltd., Hong Kong, 17th July 2001.
HK$ 60,000-80,000
US$ 7,700-10,300

A slightly smaller pillow, similarly modelled in the form of a
reclining lady, was sold in these rooms from the Muwen Tang
collection, 12th November 2003, lot 18. Another pillow of this
type from the collection of the Denver Art Museum, Colorado,
was sold in our New York rooms, 8th May 1981, lot 235, and
was included in the exhibition Chinese Ceramic Pillows from
the Yeung Wing Tak Collection, Museum of Oriental Ceramics,
Osaka, 1984, cat. no. 8. Compare a third example, dated to the
16th year of the Dading period of the Jin dynasty, equivalent to
AD 1176, illustrated in Guantai Cizhou yaozhi/The Cizhou Kiln
Site at Guantai, Beijing, 1997, pl. 124, fig. 4.

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