A sancai pottery pillow, Jin dynasty | 金 三彩荷花童子紋枕

A sancai pottery pillow

Jin dynasty

金 三彩荷花童子紋枕

the dished rectangular top carved with a leafy peony spray, each side of the tapering rectangular support moulded with a boy on a bed of lotus reserved on a seeded flower-head ground, brightly glazed in cream, ochre and green save for the base, Japanese wood box; together with an olive-glazed ingot-shaped pillow, Song dynasty, Japanese wood box

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Sancai pillow, width 16.2 cm, 6 1/2 in.

Olive-glazed pillow, width 15.8 cm, 6 1/4 in.