The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Cloud-Collar Pillow with Waves
1000s-1100s
Overall: 10 x 17.5 x 13.4 cm (3 15/16 x 6 7/8 x 5 1/4 in.)
Location: 238 Chinese Ceramics
Did You Know?
While ceramic might not be your choice for a pillow, it actually kept the user cool as they slept.Description
This ceramic pillow in the form of a cloud—a design pattern variously referred to as ruyi, the shape of a head of an auspicious scepter—is a fine example of qingbai ware from Jiangxi province. It has a pure white body covered with a transparent, glassy glaze that carries a faint greenish tinge, thus giving it another name, yingqing, or "shadow blue." On the surface of the pillow is a carved and incised design of repeating wave patterns. The beauty of this piece lies in its elegance of form, simplicity of design, and delicacy of workmanship.- Koki Kawazoe?–2003(Uragami Sokyu-do Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)2003–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2003.88