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A rare miniature Qingbai ‘crouching official’
russet-decorated pillow
Yuan Dynasty
Modelled in the form of a prostrate figure, with his head turned to one
side, wearing a fitted cap, long robes, covered in a straw glaze with
russet splashes, the unglazed base exposing the buff ware.
10cm wide
HK$25,000 - 40,000
US$3,200 - 5,200
元 青白釉褐彩胡人小枕
Compare with a very similar miniature Qingbai figure illustrated in the
exhibition catalogue Jingdezhen Wares: The Yuan Evolution, Hong
Kong, 1984, p.115, pl.63. The author states that the piece is not
big enough to be a pillow. The attitude of lying fully prone, as if in
mourning, indicates that such piece was made as a funerary figure.
該瓷枕模仿人形而作，人俯臥，一頭斜倚在雙臂上，雙腿彎曲，通體
青白釉，並以褐釉描繪人物頭髮，衣紋等處。人物面部表情刻劃細
膩，而衣紋處又寥寥數筆交代，粗細兼顧，塑性巧妙。
對比一件極為類似的青白釉褐彩胡人小枕頭，著錄於香港東方陶瓷協
會，《江西景德鎮：元瓷的演變》，香港，1984年，頁115，圖63。
書中作者認為此類型人形小枕因體積較小，且形制與墓葬有關，因此
可能為冥器而非實用器。

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An unusual Qingbai group of a standing horse and
groom
Yuan Dynasty
The groom depicted standing next to the saddled horse, with one
hand holding the reins, both covered in a creamy-buff-coloured glaze
with dark brown splashes.
11cm wide
HK$30,000 - 40,000
US$3,900 - 5,200
元 青白釉褐彩胡人牽馬像
瓷塑一胡人牽馬造型，通體施青白釉，以褐彩點綴馬匹的鬃毛，人物
的髮髻和服裝。人物與動物比例與現實有別，較為隨意，盡顯創作的
個性。且釉層較厚，刻劃粗曠。

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