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A RARE STEATITE PILLOW
A RARE STEATITE PILLOW

SONG DYNASTY (960-1279)

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A RARE STEATITE PILLOW
SONG DYNASTY (960-1279)
The canted top is carved around the sides with a band of flower scroll, and is supported by a pair of recumbent buddhistic lions contesting a brocade ball, each shown with ferocious expression and with one forepaw placed protectively on the ball between them. The base is carved around the sides with bands of overlapping petals.
8 in. (20.3 cm.) wide
来源
Fong Chow (1923-2012) Collection, New York.

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The motif of two lions with a ball between them forming the support of the headrest of a pillow can be seen on glazed pottery pillows of Cizhou type, such as the example dated Northern Song dynasty, 11th century, in the Ashmolean Museum, illustrated by M. Treagar in Song Ceramics, New York, 1982, p. 85, no. 82, where another similar pillow found at the kiln sites at Dengfeng in Henan is mentioned. Also illustrated, p. 96, no. 101, is a Cizhou-type stoneware lion-form pillow without headrest covered in white slip and clear glaze, dated Northern Song dynasty, early 12th century, in the National Museum, Tokyo.