Cizhou type pillow with peony decoration

Details

• Title

  Cizhou type pillow with peony decoration

• Associated place

  Asia › China › Cizhou kiln-sites (place of creation)

• Date

  Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279)

• Material and technique

  stoneware, with incised and ring-punched decoration, and brown and white slip-painted decoration under a transparent glaze; unglazed base

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › stoneware

• Technique index

  slipped;

  marked › punched;

  marked › incised;

  covered › coated › painted;

  glazed

• Object type

  furniture/furnishings › furnishing › bedding › pillow

• Dimensions

  14.5 x 29 x 26 cm max. (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by Professor A. H. Sayce, 1933.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 38 | China from AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EAX.1606

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