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□ 405 SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

PROPERTY FROM A JAPANESE PRIVATE
COLLECTION
A CIZHOU WHITE-GLAZED PILLOW
AND A BROWN-GLAZED PILLOW
SONG DYNASTY
the first with a ruyi-shaped headrest incised with
peony sprays, covered overall in an ivory-tinged
glaze; the other of octagonal section, decorated
with foliated scrolls
28.6 and 28.1 cm, 11¼ and 11 in. 405
HK$ 50,000-70,000
US$ 6,400-9,000

宋 磁州白釉劃牡丹紋枕 及 褐釉花卉紋枕

□ 406 SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

PROPERTY FROM A JAPANESE PRIVATE
COLLECTION
AN INSCRIBED CIZHOU WHITE-
GROUND PAINTED PILLOW
SONG DYNASTY
of octagonal section, the concave top incised
through the white slip with a poetic verse, flanked
by foliage reserved on a dark-brown ground,
covered overall in a creamy-white glaze
44 cm, 17⅜ in.
HK$ 30,000-40,000
US$ 3,850-5,200

Compare a similarly modelled pillow, decorated
406
with an inscription flanked by foliage on the sides
against a dark brown ground, included in Chinese
Ceramic Pillows: the Mr. & Mrs. Yeung Wing Tak
Gift, Museum of the Western Han Tomb of the
Nanyue King, Guangzhou, 1993, cat. no. 87.
宋 磁州白地黑彩詩文枕

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