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Ding bean-shaped pillow with sgraffito lotus design, Jin dynasty, China, 12th century.
Ding bean-shaped pillow with sgraffito lotus design, Jin dynasty, China, 12th century. A large Ding bean-shaped pillow the top of which is decorated in sgraffito technique with a lotus surrounded by classic scrolls with combed hatching through a light-brown iron-oxide derived coating. The sides are decorated with chrysanthemum patterns in the same technique. The pillow is covered with a transparent glaze of creamy tint except for the unglazed bottom. The air holes, to prevent the piece exploding in the kiln, are on the reverse.
Unique Identifier
AR916958
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
2836px × 2218px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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12TH CENTURY
artefact
Artifact
Ceramic
china
CHINESE
color
country
DECORATION
Ding
DYNASTY
Floral
Flower
FLOWERS
GLAZED
Jin dynasty
LOCATION
LOTUS
Museum of East Asian Art
NATURE
Object
Ornamentation
PATTERNED
Pillow
Plant
Pottery
sgraffito
Stoneware