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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.170.274
Title
Small Rectangular Pillow
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 唐 絞胎釉陶枕
Classification
Furnishings
Work Type
headrest
Date
9th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Tang dynasty, 618-907
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/192051

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Marbled earthenware with amber colored lead glaze
Technique
Marbled
Dimensions
H. 6.2 x W. 12.9 x D. 8.8 cm (2 7/16 x 5 1/16 x 3 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Kaikodo, New York, November 1998] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1998-2006), 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
2006.170.274
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Miniature rectangular ceramic pillow with angled top and stylized floral decoration created by applying thin medallions of marbled white and dark brown clays on the top surface; iron-brown slip painted between medallions to create a dark brown ground; pinkish buff earthenware with marbled veneer under lead-fluxed amber colored glaze.
Commentary
Compare to:
(1) Ceramic pillow of very similar size, form, and marbled decoration attributed to the Tang dynasty excavated in 2006 from a canal site at Xiguan, Suzhou, Anhui province, now in the Anhui Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology. See Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji [Complete Collection of Chinese Ceramics Unearthed in China], vol. 8: Anhui (Beijing: Kexue chubanshe, 2008), no. 70.
(2) Ceramic pillow of similar form and with related marbled decoration excavated in 1986 from a Tang dynasty tomb in Sanmenxia, Henan province, now in the Sanmenxia Museum. See Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji [Complete Collection of Chinese Ceramics Unearthed in China], vol. 12: Henan (Beijing: Kexue chubanshe, 2008), no. 94.
(3) Ceramic pillow of similar form and with related marbled decoration attributed to the Tang dynasty excavated in 72 from Zhuhong village, Xiping county, Henan province, now in the Henan Museum. See Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji [Complete Collection of Chinese Ceramics Unearthed in China], vol. 12: Henan (Beijing: Kexue chubanshe, 2008), no. 95.

Publication History

  • Kaikodo Journal, Vol. 09 (Autumn 1998), auct. cat., Kaikodo (New York, 1998), p. 152, figs. 1-2

Subjects and Contexts

  • Sedgwick Collection

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