Pillow with Incised Decoration
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Object Label
Male children are often portrayed in Song ceramics and textiles, symbolizing good fortune and the wish for male progeny for many successive generations; peonies symbolize prosperity and honor. Peonies with meandering vines like these represent continuity and are a pun for “ten thousand” (wan), as in the phrase “ten thousand ceaseless generations” (wandai).
Caption
Pillow with Incised Decoration, 960–1279 C.E.. Stoneware with slip and lead glaze, 5 1/2 x 14 3/4 x 8 5/8 in. (14.0 x 37.5 x 21.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Mr. and Mrs. Myron S. Falk, Jr., 2001.6.2. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Collection
Collection
Title
Pillow with Incised Decoration
Date
960–1279 C.E.
Dynasty
Song Dynasty
Period
Song Dynasty
Geography
Place made: China
Medium
Stoneware with slip and lead glaze
Classification
Dimensions
5 1/2 x 14 3/4 x 8 5/8 in. (14.0 x 37.5 x 21.9 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mr. and Mrs. Myron S. Falk, Jr.
Accession Number
2001.6.2
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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