A CIZHOU FLORAL PILLOW
Song Dynasty
Of bean form with an everted rim, the concave surface painted in brown slip on a cream ground with a leafy flowering stem within an incised linear border.
23.5cm (9 1/4in) wide
Footnotes:
宋 磁州窰白地黑花枕

Provenance:
Stockspring Antiques Ltd., London, 4 February 2002
Robert McPherson, London (label)
Collection of Nicolas de la Mare Thompson (1928-2010) and thence by descent.

For a similar pillow see See Yeung Wing Tak Collection, Chinese Ceramic Pillows, cat no 62.
Lot to be sold without reserve.

General old wear and firing imperfections. Some areas of glaze losses around the rim. 0.5cm firing pit below the rim.