Lot 3237. A rare large Cizhou painted 'Tiger' pillow, Jin dynasty (1115-1234); 16 1/8 in. (41 cm.) wide. Estimate $20,000 - $30,000. Price Realized $27,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015

The pillow is potted in the form of a recumbent tiger resting its head on its front paws, the stripes and details are painted in brown on a white slip, as is the scene of a scholar reclining on a promontory staring up at the overhanging pine tree underneath a full moon which is painted on the canted top, all under a clear glaze, Japanese wood box

Provenance: The Hayashibara Museum of Art, Okayama, Japan. 
Inouye Oriental Art, Tokyo, March 2012.

Exhibited: 100 Ceramic Pillows: Formerly the Hayashibara Museum collection, T. Edo Inouye & Son Oriental Art, Tokyo, March 2012, no. 32.

Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 15 - 16 March 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza