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Pillow with decoration of a boy

Pillow with decoration of a boy

Chinese

Ceramic pillow of trapezoidal form, the top surface decorated with incised design of a boy grasping a Buddhist implement amid billowing scarves; diapered floral patterning impressed on the side walls; buff earthenware with emerald green and amber brown lead fluxed glazes over incised, molded, and slip-painted decoration.

Earthenware with three color (sancai) lead glaze

Jin dynasty, 1115-1234

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