A CHINESE HENAN BLACK GLAZED MOULDED PILLOW

SONG DYNASTY 960-1279

The top shaped as a ruyi-head, the front panel moulded with a fenced garden, the further panels with stylised plants in pots, the whole body coated with a thick black glaze, the base unglazed, 21.8cm.

Provenance: from the collection of Francis Golding (1944-2013).

Cf. The Museum of East Asian Art in Bath, Inaugural Exhibition, Vol.I, Chinese Ceramics, p.149, no.103 for a similar example.