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A qingbai 'waves' pillow, Song dynasty 宋 青白釉水波紋枕

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November 30, 09:40 AM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 50,000 HKD

Lot Details

Description

A qingbai 'waves' pillow,

Song dynasty

宋 青白釉水波紋枕


18.5 cm

This type of pillows was regarded highly by the Qianlong Emperor, who even composed a poem on the beauty of Qingbai pillows. See a similar Northern Song dynasty 'waves' pillow in the Tapei Palace Museum, inscribed with this Imperial poem, illustrated in Obtaining Refined Enjoyment: The Qianlong Emperor's Taste in Ceramics, Taipei Palace Museum, Taipei, 2011, cat. no. 8. 

乾隆皇帝對青白水波紋瓷枕尤為鐘睞,甚至題詩美讚「金絲鋪荇藻,鐵足莭箛篍」。台北故宮博物院藏一北宋青白釉水波紋類例,器底刻此御製詩,詳見《得佳趣—乾隆皇帝的陶瓷品味》,台北故宮博物院,台北,2011年,編號8。