Lot 39. A Cizhou incised pillow, Northern Song dynasty. Length 8 7/8  in., 22.5 cm. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 USD. Lot sold 30,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's

of bean shape with four shallow notches along its outer edge, the slightly concave top incised through the white slip with a panel enclosing a single peony spray with curling foliage reserved on a punched circled ground, an air hole pierced to the back, covered overall with a clear glaze stopping short of the flat, unglazed base. 

Provenance: Collection of Sir Harry and Lady Garner, no. 28.
Bluett & Sons, London.
Christie's New York, 28th March 1996, lot 327.

Exhibited: Venice, Italy, Mostra d'Arte Cinese, 1954, no. 521.

Literature: Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Chinese Art, New York, 1966, p. 248, no. 186.