Lot 806. A large green-glazed pottery rectangular pillow, China, Jin-Yuan Dynasty (1115-1368);17 1/16 in. (43.4 cm.) long. Estimate $6,000 - $8,000. Price Realized $6,250. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015

The top divided into two rectangular sections, each incised with an inscription within a foliate border, the top covered in a green glaze that continues over the edge onto the sides.

The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York

Note: Each inscription is a poem expressing a wife’s longing for her husband, who is away.

Compare a similar sancai-glazed pillow, dated Jin-Yuan dynasty (1115-1368), illustrated by Tsugio Mikami in Sekai Toji Zenshu - 13 - Liao, Jin, Yuan, Tokyo, 1981, p. 243, no. 276, where the top is also divided into two sections within a foliate border and is inscribed with the same poem.

Christie's. THE COLLECTION OF ROBERT HATFIELD ELLSWORTH PART IV - CHINESE WORKS OF ART: METALWORK, SCULPTURE AND EARLY CERAMICS, 20 March 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza.