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Small Headrest (Zhen) with Baby and Duckmiddle Northern Song dynasty, about 1000-1100

Not on view
Oval ceramic box with ivory glaze, lid decorated with an incised central medallion showing a seated child figure and a duck, surrounded by a border of square-framed rosettes; sides covered in a repeating small star pattern

Unknown, Small Headrest (Zhen) with Baby and Duck, middle Northern Song dynasty, about 1000-1100, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Small Headrest (Zhen) with Baby and Duck
Place Made
China, Hebei Province, probably Julu County
Date Made
middle Northern Song dynasty, about 1000-1100
Medium
Cizhou ware, slab-built stoneware with white and brown slips, incised and stamped decoration, and transparent glaze
Dimensions
4 3/8 x 8 3/4 x 7 in. (11.11 x 22.23 x 17.78 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck
Accession Number
M.73.48.93
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Chinese and Korean Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Kuwayama, George. Chinese Ceramics: The Heeramaneck Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1973.