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A RARE ‘CIZHOU’-TYPE CARVED This pillow is notable for the bold and con dent Cizhou pillows of this type include one with a very
‘PEONY’ PILLOW carved strokes of the design of a blooming similar design carved through white slip, included
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY peony stem surrounded by luxurious curling in the exhibition 100 Ceramic Pillows: Formerly
leaves. Rendered in slight relief, the design is the Hayashibara Museum Collection, T. Edo
deftly carved through the canted, cloud-shaped subtly accentuated by the darker pools of the Inouye & Son Oriental Art, Tokyo, 2012, cat. no.
top to depict a large peony bloom borne on an glaze while the restrained use of combed lines 99; and a cream-glazed example carved with a
undulating stem issuing curled leaves in relief, enhances the rhythmic quality of the piece. leafy oral bloom against a punched ground, from
with nely combed details, all within a single the collection of David and Nayda Utterberg, sold
line border beneath an ivory-white glaze, the Compare a Cizhou-type pillow of related ruyi- in these rooms, 16th March 2016, lot 213.
underside of the rim and the sides covered with a form and carved with a peony stem, but with a
dark russet-brown glaze stopping unevenly above punched ground, from the collection of Robert H. $ 60,000-80,000
the at base, which is partially glazed, the back Ellsworth, sold at Christie’s New York, 17th-18th
pierced with a triple-gourd form air hole September 2015, lot 2337.
Length 11¼ in., 28.6 cm
The dating of this lot is consistent with the result
of a termoluminescence test, C-Link Research &
Development Ltd., 6601CH69.
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