Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.289: Pillow with decoration of a boy Furnishings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Pillow with decoration of a boy , 2006.170.289,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/190164. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.289 Title Pillow with decoration of a boy Other Titles Original Language Title: 金 三彩童子紋枕 Classification Furnishings Work Type headrest Date 12th-early 13th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Jin dynasty, 1115-1234 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/190164 Physical Descriptions Medium Earthenware with three color (sancai) lead glaze Technique Lead glaze Dimensions H. 8.5 x W. 23.8 x D. 10.6 cm (3 3/8 x 9 3/8 x 4 3/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [J.J. Lally & Co., New York, October 1999] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1999-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial gift of the Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation and partial purchase through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art Accession Year 2006 Object Number 2006.170.289 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Ceramic pillow of trapezoidal form, the top surface decorated with incised design of a boy grasping a Buddhist implement amid billowing scarves; diapered floral patterning impressed on the side walls; buff earthenware with emerald green and amber brown lead fluxed glazes over incised, molded, and slip-painted decoration. Commentary Compare to: (1) Sancai pillow of nearly identical form and decoration in the collection of the Museum of the Western Han Mausoleum of the Nanyue King in Guangzhou, Guangdong province. See Zhongguo taoci quanji [The Complete Works of Chinese Ceramics], vol. 9: Liao, Xi Xia, Jin [Liao, Xi Xia, and Jin dynasties] (Shanghai: Shanghai renmin meishu chubanshe, 2000), no. 224, pp. 232 and 315. (2) Sancai pillow of closely related form, decoration, and color palette excavated in 1964 from a Jin-dynasty tomb dated to 1196 in Houma, Shanxi province, now in the Houma Workstation, Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology. See Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji [Complete Collection of Chinese Ceramics Unearthed in China], vol. 5: Shanxi (Beijing: Kexue chubanshe, 2008), no. 88. Subjects and Contexts Sedgwick Collection Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
