1991.270: Rectangular Pillow with Decoration of a Lion Playing with a Ribbon and Ball
Furnishings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1991.270
- Title
- Rectangular Pillow with Decoration of a Lion Playing with a Ribbon and Ball
- Classification
- Furnishings
- Work Type
- headrest
- Date
- 14th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Yuan dynasty, 1279-1368
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/201797
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Painted Cizhou ware: light gray stoneware with decoration painted in iron-brown slip on a white slip ground under a clear glaze and with slip-painted inscription reading "Fuyuan Wangjia zao" (Made by the Wang family of Fu-yuan)
- Dimensions
- 14.1 x 30.4 x 17.5 cm (5 9/16 x 11 15/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Ralph C. Marcove, M.D.
- Accession Year
- 1991
- Object Number
- 1991.270
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Yutaka Mino, Freedom of Clay and Brush through Seven Centuries in Northern China: Tz'u-chou Type Wares, 960-1600 A.D., exh. cat., Indianapolis Museum of Art (Indianapolis, 1980), pp.148-149, cat. 62
Verification Level
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