Description: Northern Song dynasty (960-1127)
The bean-shaped pillow fluidly carved to the top with a single large peony flower, covered overall with a white slib under a transparent glaze.
W. 23 cm
Provenance:
- Fai Kei Ferros Velhos, Macao (1998)
- Collection Drs. Koos de Jong, Amsterdam
Compare:
- [exhib.cat.] Chinese Ceramic Pillows. The Mr. & Mrs. Yeung Wing Tak Gift, Museum of the Western Han Tomb of the Nanyue King, Guangzhou 1993, no. 70
- [cat.] Feuer und Erde. Chinesische Frühkeramik, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, no. 141, p. 181
- R. Krahl, Yuegutang. Ein Berliner Sammlung Chinesischer Keramik, Berlin 2000, no. 160, p. 203