Pillow
- Medium
- Cizhou ware Stoneware with painted decoration on white slip under a clear glaze
- Dimensions
- 4 1/2 x 11 7/16 x 8 5/8 in. (11.43 x 29.05 x 21.91 cm)
- Genre
- Ceramics
Tags
China
About
Painting directly on white slip was one of several decorative techniques practiced at Cizhou kilns. This pillow features a deer painted in its main register. The animal was an auspicious emblem connoting a wish for long life to Daoists and the hope for official title to Confucian scholars. A variety of auspicious animals and flowers were common decoration on painted Cizhou pillows.
