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Cloud-Shaped Pillow with Peony Scroll

A flat-lidded pale ceramic in a floral-like shape, a delicate floral motif in relief at top and on the sides.
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  • A flat-lidded pale ceramic in a floral-like shape, a delicate floral motif in relief at top and on the sides.

Date:

Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), late 10th/early 11th century

Artist:

China

About this artwork

Status

On View, Gallery 134

Department

Arts of Asia

Title

Cloud-Shaped Pillow with Peony Scroll

Place

China (Artist's nationality:)

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960 CE–1050

Medium

Cizhou ware; stoneware, slip-coated with underglaze carved, incised, and inlaid decoration

Dimensions

9.6 × 21.6 × 17.8 cm (3 3/4 × 8 1/2 × 7 in.)

Credit Line

Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection

Reference Number

1924.307

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