Openwork Building-Shaped Pillow
A Pair of Yellow-Glazed and Black Flower Basins
Yue Kiln
Bottle Traced in Gold and Silver |
Five Dynasties to Northern Song Dynasty The whole body of the pillow is employed with fine and even white glaze. With a slight concave, its surface is densely carved with flowers. Having vivid doors, windows, pillars and steps, it follows the very shape of a wood-structure palace house. The front door is closed but the back door is ajar with a figure standing against it. Porcelain pillows first appeared in the Tang Dynasty and became fashionable during the Song and Jin Dynasties. But such openwork porcelain pillow in house shape is rather precious. |
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