A RARE CHINESE MARBLE PILLOW

Tang Dynasty

唐 大理石枕

The stone of pale lime-green with bone, cream and dark-brown inclusions, carved with tapering sides and a slightly canted top, the edges gently rounded

14cm wide, 9.5cm high

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NOTE:

A striated marble pillow from the collection of J. J. Lally & Co, dated to the Tang Dynasty, was sold at Bonhams New York, 20 March 2023, lot 7.

Compare a plain steatite pillow unearthed from the tomb of Li Yu in Henan province, dated by epitaph to A.D. 843, and illustrated in 'Yanshi Xingyuan Tang Mu (The Tang Tombs in Yanshi Xingyuan)', 2001, pl. 39-3.

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