A SANCAI-GLAZED SQUARED 'PEONY' PILLOW SONG / JIN DYANSTY
of gently arced rectangular form, the slightly sloping and concave top incised with a panel of two luxuriant peony flowers in pale-green and ocher-yellow, borne on undulating stems issuing twisting leaves and curling tendrils on a creamy-white ground, enclosed within ruyi-form brackets and a double-line border, all reserved on the bright green ground continuing on the sides and falling short of the unglazed base, revealing the buff-colored body
Length 14 in., 35.6 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Mrs. Potter Palmer (1849-1918) and thence by descent.
Gifted to the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago by the Palmer family in 1951 (acc. no. 1951.182).
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of gently arced rectangular form, the slightly sloping and concave top incised with a panel of two luxuriant peony flowers in pale-green and ocher-yellow, borne on undulating stems issuing twisting leaves and curling tendrils on a creamy-white ground, enclosed within ruyi-form brackets and a double-line border, all reserved on the bright green ground continuing on the sides and falling short of the unglazed base, revealing the buff-colored body
Length 14 in., 35.6 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Mrs. Potter Palmer (1849-1918) and thence by descent.
Gifted to the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago by the Palmer family in 1951 (acc. no. 1951.182).