pillow

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Object Type: pillow
Museum number: 1973,0726.247
Description: Bean-shaped pillow decorated with a quail between two tallstalks of grass on a stamped 'fish-roe' ground. An incised feathery leaf scroll around the sides. Made of slipped, stamped and incised Cizhou-type glazed stoneware.
Cultures/periods: Northern Song dynasty
Production date: 960-1127
Production place: Made in: Henan (province), Mixian
Findspot: Found/Acquired: China
Materials: stoneware
Ware: Cizhou-type Ware
Technique: slipped; incised; glazed; stamped
Dimensions: Diameter: 16.90 centimetres; Height: 7.90 centimetres
Curator's comments: This pillow relates closely to fragments excavated in 1964 at Mixian, Henan province see Wenwu 1964.3 fig.7 p. 50
Bibliographic references: Mino 1981 / Freedom of Clay and Brush through Seven Centuries in Northern China: Tz'u-chou Type Wares, 960-1600 A.D. (pp.56-57); Ayers 1964 / The Seligman Collection of Oriental Art: Volume II (p.63; D106; pl.XXXVII)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: bird
Acquisition name: Bequeathed by: Brenda Zara Seligman (D.106)
Acquisition date: 1973
Acquisition notes: The Seligman Collection of Oriental Art
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1973,0726.247

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