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20 mars 2023

A rare striated white marble pillow, Tang dynasty (618-907)

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Lot 7. A striated white marble pillow, Tang dynasty (618-907); 5 3/8in (13.6cm) wide. Sold for US$14,025 (Estimate US$2,000 - 3,000)© Bonhams 2001-2023

The solid oblong block with flat sides and slightly canted top, the corners beveled and gently rounded, the base slightly domed with rounded edges, the dense white stone with subtle striations of silvery grey tones, softly polished with traces of encrustation from burial.

NoteTang pottery pillows of this form and size are well-known and widely published, but pillows made from stone are extremely rare.

Compare the plain steatite pillow of long rectangular form unearthed from the tomb of Li Yu in Henan province, dated by epitaph to A.D. 843, illustrated in Yanshi Xingyuan Tang Mu (The Tang Tombs in Yanshi Xingyuan), Beijing, 2001, black and white pl. 39-3.

Compare the plain steatite pillow of long rectangular form unearthed from the tomb of Li Yu in Henan province, dated by epitaph to A.D. 843, illustrated in Yanshi Xingyuan Tang Mu (The Tang Tombs in Yanshi Xingyuan), Beijing, 2001, black and white pl. 39-3.

For this form of Tang pottery pillow, see an example with green glaze illustrated in Tang Pottery and Porcelain, Nezu Institute of Fine Arts, Tokyo, 1988, p. 55, no. 60.

Bonhams. J. J. Lally & Co. Fine Chinese Works of Art, New York, March 20, 2023

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