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Small Rectangular Pillow
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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.
Department of Asian Art
[Kaikodo New York November 1998] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation Woodside CA (1998-2006) partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums 2006.
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
Title: Small Rectangular Pillow
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.
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