M4525
£18,500
Description
Chinese pottery sancai and blue glazed pillow or wrist rest, carved on the curved top with two ducks facing each other and resting on large lotus flower heads between ruyi and amongst other plants, on a rich lapis blue ground, the four sides with chestnut and white splashes extending on three sides to the foot, the base unglazed, revealing the biscuit body.
4 ¾ inches, 12.1 cm long; 3 7/8 inches, 9.8 cm wide; 2 ¼ inches, 5.8 cm high.
Tang dynasty, 617-906.
Provenance & Additional Information
- From the collection of Cornelius Osgood (1905-1983), author of Blue and White Chinese Porcelain: A Study of Form, 1956.
- Two similar pillows with floral curved top sections are illustrated by Yukichi Inouye, Noriyuki Maesaka and Keigo Nakamura in 100 Ceramic Pillows: Formerly The Hayashibara Museum Collection, nos. 12 and 13.
Condition
Small edge and corner flakes retouched.
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