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Pillow

Description

Pillow, Cizhou stoneware with clay slip and underglaze decoration, depicting a scholar and lady in a landscape, peonies and lotuses, with inscription on the back and stamped inscription on the base: China, Xiangdi (Handan and Anyang areas), by Zhangjia, Cizhou ware, Yuan Dynasty, 1279 - 1368 AD

Museum reference

A.1919.376

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Pillow

Production information

Zhang Family
Cizou, Henan Province, China, East Asia

Date

1279 - 1368

Style / Culture

Yuan Dynasty, Chinese (Mongol)

Materials

Stoneware

Physical description

Grey stoneware with clay slip, painted and glazed

Exhibitions

  • Looking East: The Lady Ivy Wu Gallery (29 Jul 2011 - 08 Jun 2014)
    National Museum of Scotland

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