Cizhou kilns
Leaf-Shaped Pillow Decorated with the Character “Ren” (Patience)
1067-1132
Scroll
Cizhou kilns
Leaf-Shaped Pillow Decorated with the Character “Ren” (Patience)
1067-1132
Physical Qualities
Stoneware with transparent glaze over white slip, 7 5/8 x 11 5/8 x 10 1/2 in. (19.4 x 29.5 x 26.7 cm.)
Credit Line
Julius Levy Memorial Fund
Object Number
1994.159
The character decorating this pillow is ren, meaning "patience" or "forbearance." Ceramic pillows used for sleeping were among the personal accoutrements included in the tomb for the comfort of the deceased.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1994; J.J. Lally & Co, New York
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E. Helen Fernald, "Chinese Mortuary Pillows in the Royal Ontario Museum," Far Eastern Ceramic Bulletin, vol. IV, no. 1, March 1942, fig. 5, pl. III.
Robert Treat Paine Jr., "Chinese Ceramic Pillows from Collections in Boston and Vacinity," and "Translations made by Helen B. Chapin of Texts on Pillows," Far Eastern Ceramic Bullegin, vol. VII, no. 3, Sept. 1955.
Edward H. Schafer, "The Golden Peaches of Samarkand," Berkeley: University of California Press, 1963, pp. 136, 231-232.
Yutaka Mino, "Freedom of Clay and Brush through Seven Centuries in Northern China: Tz'u-chou Type Wares, 960-1600 A.D.," Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1980, pl. 31-32, 34-35, 40-41.
Mary Tregear, "Song Ceramics," NY: Rizzoli, 1982, no. 104, p. 96.
"Chinese Ceramic Pillows from Yeung Wing Tak Collection, Osaka: The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, 1984, nos. 41, 51-52, 123.
E. Helen Fernald, "Chinese Mortuary Pillows in the Royal Ontario Museum," Far Eastern Ceramic Bulletin, vol. IV, no. 1, March 1942, fig. 5, pl. III.
Robert Treat Paine Jr., "Chinese Ceramic Pillows from Collections in Boston and Vacinity," and "Translations made by Helen B. Chapin of Texts on Pillows," Far Eastern Ceramic Bullegin, vol. VII, no. 3, Sept. 1955.
Edward H. Schafer, "The Golden Peaches of Samarkand," Berkeley: University of California Press, 1963, pp. 136, 231-232.
Yutaka Mino, "Freedom of Clay and Brush through Seven Centuries in Northern China: Tz'u-chou Type Wares, 960-1600 A.D.," Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1980, pl. 31-32, 34-35, 40-41.
Mary Tregear, "Song Ceramics," NY: Rizzoli, 1982, no. 104, p. 96.
"Chinese Ceramic Pillows from Yeung Wing Tak Collection, Osaka: The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, 1984, nos. 41, 51-52, 123.
On View at the BMA
