Title

Cizhou stoneware pillow, Northern Song dynasty, China, 11th century. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Cizhou stoneware pillow, Northern Song dynasty, China, 11th century. A Cizhou pillow of oblong shape. The top is decorated with a long, beehive-shaped flower against a close, small ring-punched 'fish-roe' ground surrounded by a band of incised classic scroll. The sides are decorated with incised stars and circles alternating in vertical rows in panels. The decoration is carved through the white slip to a brown underslip.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art

Date

1000

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B71_373

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

18,0Mb (674,3Kb) / 9,5in x 7,4in / 2836 x 2218 (300dpi)

Keywords

nature flower flowers plant country pattern China Chinese color colour location century pillow floral pottery artefact dynasty artifact Patterned stoneware Museum of East Asian Art 11th century Cizhou ware Northern Song Song Dynasty object Eleventh Century Unknown ceramic ceramic object