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A PAINTed cIZhOu ‘sleePINg lAdy’ PIllOW,
JIN dyNAsTy

China, 1115-1234. Modeled in the form of a sleeping girl, covered with
a white slip, her realistically rendered dress painted pale orange with
the details in white slip and painted black under a transparent glaze,
the base left unglazed revealing the buff ware.

Provenance: D. Blitz, Amsterdam (label to base). Dr. Koos de Jong,
acquired from the above at TEFAF Maastricht in 2011 (invoice not
available). Dr. de Jong is a Dutch art historian and has been privately
collecting Chinese art over decades.
He has authored hundreds of articles
and several books on Dutch fine and
decorative arts spanning from the Middle
Ages to the modern era. In 2013, he
published an extensive study of Chinese
riding gear in “Dragon & Horse, Saddle
rugs and Other Horse Tack from China
and Beyond”. Between 1976 and 2009 he
worked for numerous museums across Dr. Koos de Jong and
the Netherlands and was the director of ingeborg de roode (photo
courtesy of Stedelijk
the European Ceramic Work Center in Museum Amsterdam)
Den Bosch.
condition: Good condition with some old wear, few hairlines on one
side, small chips and losses.

Weight: 1,980 g
Dimensions: Length 36.2 cm
Literature comparison: Kaikodo Journal, New york, 1997, no. 79. Song
Ceramics from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong
Kong 1994, no. 162, p. 361. Chinese Ceramic Pillows. The Mr. & Mrs. yeung
Wing Tak Gift, Museum of the Western Han Tomb of the Nanyue King,
Guangzhou 1993, no. 126.
AucTION ResulT cOMPARIsON
Compare with a closely related though
slightly larger pillow sold by Christie’s
Hong Kong in The Pavilion Sale - Chinese
Ceramics and Works of Art Including the
Quek Kiok Lee Collection on 9 October
2019, lot 221, for HKD $225,000.

磁州窯彩繪美人枕，金代
中國，1115-1234。以一個橫臥美人為原型，逼真地描繪了衣服等細節。底部未上
釉，露出了淺黃色的胎體。
來源：阿姆斯特丹D. Blitz (底座標簽)。 Drs. Koos de Jong 2011年購於TEFAF
Maastricht (發票已遺失)。Drs. Koos de Jong是一位荷蘭藝術史學家，幾十年來他
一直私人收藏中國藝術品。他撰寫了數百篇文章和幾本書，內容涉及從中世紀到現
代的荷蘭美術和裝飾藝術。2013年，他在《Dragon & Horse：Saddle Rugs and
Other Horse Tack from China and Beyond》中發表了有關中國騎馬裝備的詳盡研
究。1976年至2009年間，他曾在荷蘭的許多博物館工作，並曾擔任登博世歐洲陶瓷
工作中心的主任。
品相：品相良好，一些老磨損，一面有輕微髮絲綫裂縫、小開片與缺失。
重量：1,980 克
尺寸：長 36.2 厘米
拍賣結果比較：意見相似但大一些的美人枕于2019年10月9日香港佳士得《中國陶瓷
與工藝品》拍場拍號221，成交價HKD $225,000。
estimate euR 5.000,-
Starting price EUr 2.500,-

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