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A GREEN-GLAZED 'MARBLED' PILLOW A SANCAI-GLAZED 'LION' PILLOW
Tang Dynasty Liao Dynasty
The ingot-shaped rectangular block with rounded edges executed in The ruyi-shaped head rest supported by a molded crouching lion with
elegant floral pattern and covered with a transparent glaze of green a fierce facial expression showing neatly lined teeth, the bushy tail
color. swept to the side, the amber-glazed body picked out in green and
3 5/8 x 7 1/8 x 4 3/4in (9.2 x 18 x 12cm) cream details, the base inscribed with four characters.
4 1/8 x 7 3/4 x 5 1/4in (10.5 x 19.7 x 13.4cm)
$2,000 - 3,000
$2,000 - 3,000
唐 綠釉絞胎錠形枕
遼 《張家枕子》銘 三彩獅座如意枕
Compare the marbled pillows from the Hoyt Collection, one covered
with green glaze and the other two in amber glaze, illustrated by Hsien- A closely related sancai-glazed molded 'lion' pillow with ruyi top is
ch'i Tseng and Robert Paul Dart, The Charles B. Hoyt Collection in the illustrated by Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang
Museum of Fine Arts: Boston, Vol. I, Boston, 1964, nos.119-121. Collection, Vol. 3 (I), London, 2006, pp.306-307, no.1328, described
as Liao dynasty.
Compare also the Tang dynasty amber-glazed marbled pillow of this
design, in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The dating of the sancai 'lion' pillow is confirmed by the results of
The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelain a Thermoluminescence test by Oxford Authentication, Sample no.
of the Jin and Tang Dynasties, Hong Kong, 1996, p.238, no.217. C124a92 dated January 29, 2024.

For a closely related amber-glazed marbled pillow from the Dream
Quest Collection, see Sotheby's Hong Kong, 26 May 2021, lot 426.
The dating of the marbled pillow is confirmed by the results of a
Thermoluminescence test by Oxford Authentication, Sample no.
C124a91 dated January 29, 2024.

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