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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE MIDWEST COLLECTION
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A CIZHOU-TYPE PAINTED TIGER-FORM PILLOW
JIN DYNASTY, LATE 12TH CENTURY
The pillow is molded as a recumbent tiger, the details painted in black and
rust-brown on a white slip and under a clear glaze, and the slightly dished
top is painted with a rectangular panel of a leafy fower stem.
15 in. (38 cm.) long
$6,000-8,000
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s New York, 4 June 1986, lot 57.
金 磁州窯虎形枕
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