Pillow with bird and branch designs
Pillow with bird and branch designs
Pillow with bird and branch designs
Pillow with bird and branch designs

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Pillow with bird and branch designs,

12th or 13th century

Chinese
Jin dynasty, 1115–1234
1997-585

Information

Title
Pillow with bird and branch designs
Dates

12th or 13th century

Medium
Cizhou ware; grey stoneware with white slip and underglaze black iron pigment
Dimensions
h. 8.7 cm., l. 25.6 cm., d. 17.6 cm. (3 7/16 x 10 1/16 x 6 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Michael Coe in honor of Gillett G. Griffin
Object Number
1997-585
Place Made

Asia, China

Culture
Chinese
Period
Qin (style and period)
Type
pillows, ceramics, chinese ceramics styles
Materials
underglazing, pigment, stoneware
Subject
trees, floral patterns, birds

–1997 Michael Coe (New Haven, CT), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1997.

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