Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.274: Small Rectangular Pillow Furnishings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Small Rectangular Pillow , 2006.170.274,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 26, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/192051. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.274 Title Small Rectangular Pillow Other Titles Original Language Title: 唐 絞胎釉陶枕 Classification Furnishings Work Type headrest Date 9th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Tang dynasty, 618-907 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/192051 Physical Descriptions Medium Marbled earthenware with amber colored lead glaze Technique Marbled Dimensions H. 6.2 x W. 12.9 x D. 8.8 cm (2 7/16 x 5 1/16 x 3 7/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Kaikodo, New York, November 1998] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1998-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial gift of the Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation and partial purchase through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art Accession Year 2006 Object Number 2006.170.274 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Miniature rectangular ceramic pillow with angled top and stylized floral decoration created by applying thin medallions of marbled white and dark brown clays on the top surface; iron-brown slip painted between medallions to create a dark brown ground; pinkish buff earthenware with marbled veneer under lead-fluxed amber colored glaze. Commentary Compare to: (1) Ceramic pillow of very similar size, form, and marbled decoration attributed to the Tang dynasty excavated in 2006 from a canal site at Xiguan, Suzhou, Anhui province, now in the Anhui Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology. See Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji [Complete Collection of Chinese Ceramics Unearthed in China], vol. 8: Anhui (Beijing: Kexue chubanshe, 2008), no. 70. (2) Ceramic pillow of similar form and with related marbled decoration excavated in 1986 from a Tang dynasty tomb in Sanmenxia, Henan province, now in the Sanmenxia Museum. See Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji [Complete Collection of Chinese Ceramics Unearthed in China], vol. 12: Henan (Beijing: Kexue chubanshe, 2008), no. 94. (3) Ceramic pillow of similar form and with related marbled decoration attributed to the Tang dynasty excavated in 72 from Zhuhong village, Xiping county, Henan province, now in the Henan Museum. See Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji [Complete Collection of Chinese Ceramics Unearthed in China], vol. 12: Henan (Beijing: Kexue chubanshe, 2008), no. 95. Publication History Kaikodo Journal, Vol. 09 (Autumn 1998), auct. cat., Kaikodo (New York, 1998), p. 152, figs. 1-2 Subjects and Contexts Sedgwick Collection Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
