ID 495047
Lot 885 | A VERY RARE CIZHOU SGRAFFIATO ‘SPECIAL BLESSINGS’ PILLOW
Estimate value
$ 30 000 – 50 000
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 11TH-12TH CENTURY
The concave top is carved through the white slip with the characters da (great) and ji (auspiciousness), between two blossoming floral stems, all reserved against a ring-punched 'fish-roe' ground. The sides are carved with panels enclosing chrysanthemum blossoms.
9 ¾ in. (25 cm.) wide
Literature
Kaikodo Journal, New York, Spring 2013, no. 50.
Exhibited
New York, Kaikodo, 2013.
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