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A RARE ‘CIZHOU’-TYPE WHITE-GLAZED ‘LION’ 北宋 磁州窰系白釉刻花卉紋獅形枕
PILLOW
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY 來源
Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858-1937) 收藏
well modeled in a recumbent pose, the head with furrowed 1924年贈予芝加哥藝術博物館，芝加哥，以紀念其
brows and protruding eyes accentuated with dark-brown 胞妹 Lucy Maud Buckingham (1870-1920)，館藏編號
slip, resting alertly on the extended front paws, the flowing 1924.304
mane swept back to either side and the long tail curling to
one side along the back haunches, the slightly concave top
elegantly incised with foliate scrollwork, the creamy-white
slip covered with a transparent glaze, the base unglazed
Length 12⅝ in., 32 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858-1937).
Gifted to the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, in memory of
her sister Lucy Maud Buckingham (1870-1920) in 1924 (acc.
no. 1924.304).
A closely related example to the present lion-form pillow is in
the Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo and illustrated in Charm
of Black & White Ware: Transition of Cizhou-Type Wares,
Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, Osaka, 2002, pl. 2-9.
$ 10,000-15,000

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