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ANOTHER PROPERTY
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A CIZHOU CARVED PILLOW
SONG DYNASTY, 11TH-12TH CENTURY

The canted, cloud-shaped top of the pillow is carved through white
slip with a large, fowering peony stem within a line border, all under
a clear glaze. The underside of the rim and the sides are covered with
a dark brown glaze that falls short of the fat base which is painted in
black with an illegible inscription.
12 in. (30.5 cm.) wide, Japanese wood box

$12,000-18,000

LITERATURE:

100 Ceramic Pillows: Formerly the Hayashibara Museum collection, T. Edo
Inouye & Son Oriental Art, Tokyo, March 2012, no. 99.
宋 磁州窯剔花牡丹紋如意形枕

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