A Hutian kiln pale celadon-glazed 'lion' pillow, Song dynasty | 宋 湖田窰淡青釉獅形枕
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A Hutian kiln pale celadon-glazed 'lion' pillow,
Song dynasty
宋 湖田窰淡青釉獅形枕
potted in the form of a lion standing on a lobed base and supporting a curved headrest, the fierce beast depicted with its head turned backwards, portrayed with large rounded eyes and bared teeth and detailed with incised manes, covered overall save for the base with a celadon-tinged transparent glaze, wood stand and Japanese wood box
17.6 cm
See a related pillow in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (accession no. 13.1406), illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, Tokyo, 1982, pl. 80. Another is preserved in the Beijing Palace Museum and decorated with two lions playfully rolling and tumbling around, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Porcelain of the Song dynasty (II), vol. 33, Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 55.
波士頓美術館藏一類例（館藏編號13.1406），圖載於《東洋陶磁》，東京，1982 年，圖版80。北京故宮博物院亦藏一例，枕作雙獅滾抱嬉戲，收錄於《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集．兩宋瓷器（下）》，卷33，香港，1996 年，圖版55。