Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.285: Rectangular Pillow with Basket-Weave Décor 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"Rectangular Pillow with Basket-Weave Décor , 2006.170.285,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 01, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/317266. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.285 Title Rectangular Pillow with Basket-Weave Décor Other Titles Original Language Title: 金 三彩印紋枕 Classification Furnishings Work Type headrest Date 1115-1234 Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Jin dynasty, 1115-1234 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/317266 Physical Descriptions Medium Earthenware with amber colored lead glaze Technique Lead glaze Dimensions H. 11 x L. 17.8 x D. 10.3 cm (4 5/16 x 7 x 4 1/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [J.J. Lally & Co., New York, February 1999] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (by 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 Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund Accession Year 2006 Object Number 2006.170.285 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 Ceramic pillow of waisted quadrangular form, molded on four sides with a basket-weave pattern, the flat ends stamped with dotted star-like diaper pattern; pinkish buff earthenware with lead-fluxed amber-yellow glaze over molded decoration. Commentary Compare to: Sancai pillow of the identical form, similar molded decoration, and similar glaze but with touches of green excavated in 1984 from a Jin-dynasty site in Boshan district, Zibo, Shandong province, now in the Huantai County Museum, Shandong. See Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji [Complete Collection of Chinese Ceramics Unearthed in China], vol. 6: Shandong (Beijing: Kexue chubanshe, 2008), no. 162. 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
