Asian Art - 14th November 2017
Lot 28
A CHINESE HENAN BLACK GLAZED MOULDED PILLOW SONG DYNASTY 960-1279 The top shaped as a ruyi-head
Estimate £1,500 - £2,500
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Description
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.