1943.55.4: Pillow in the Form of a Recumbent Tiger
Furnishings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1943.55.4
- Title
- Pillow in the Form of a Recumbent Tiger
- Classification
- Furnishings
- Work Type
- headrest
- Date
- 1279-1368
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Yuan dynasty, 1279-1368
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/204413
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Cizhou-type ware: molded brick-red earthenware with lead-fluxed, clear amber-yellow and emerald-green glazes over decoration painted in iron-brown slip on an allover white slip ground
- Dimensions
- 13.34 x 35.56 cm (5 1/4 x 14 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
- Accession Year
- 1943
- Object Number
- 1943.55.4
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
Verification Level
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