2002.269: Bean-Shaped Pillow with Scrolling Peony Decor on the Headrest and with Scrolling Foliage Decor around the Sides
Furnishings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2002.269
- Title
- Bean-Shaped Pillow with Scrolling Peony Decor on the Headrest and with Scrolling Foliage Decor around the Sides
- Classification
- Furnishings
- Work Type
- headrest
- Date
- late 11th cent. - early 12th cent.
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China, Henan province
- Period
- Song dynasty, Northern Song period, 960-1127
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/97255
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Cizhou ware: light gray stoneware with pale glaze over decoration incised, carved, and combed into the white slip ground. Probably from the Tangyangyu kilns, Xiuwu county, Henan province.
- Dimensions
- 10.9 x 29 x 22.5 cm (4 5/16 x 11 7/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of The Chinese Porcelain Company in honor of James Cuno
- Accession Year
- 2002
- Object Number
- 2002.269
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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