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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Autumn Auction Series
• Sale Date:
  16 Jun 2014 ~ 11am (Lots 1 -357)
  17 Jun 2014 ~ 11am (Lots 358 - 728)
  17 Jun 2014 ~ 6pm (Lots 729 - 860)
• Lot #:
  221
• Lot Description:
  A very rare and important Chinese silver repousse pillow, Liao Dynasty, 907-1125
  probably from a royal tomb, finely decorated in the centre with a pair of phoenix and a flaming pearl of wisdom, the everted rim with eight floral sprays within beaded borders, supported on a high sloping foot decorated with four large flower sprays
  7.5 x 34.5 x 25cm
• References:
  For a very similar Liao pillow in gold, see Gisele Croes 'Treasures of Ancient China', 18/3/2002. Also, Xiaoneng Yang, 'Unearthing Liao Elite Art and Culture: An Empire in Northern China, from the 10th to the 12th century' see Orientations, October 2004, pp66-74; which refers to a royal joint-burial of the Princess of Chen and her husband Qiao Shaoju. 'The princess, a niece of the Liao emperor Shengzong, died in 1018...The princess and her husband (their heads resting on silver pillows), were we
• Notes:
  Figure 8 shows their bodies at rest inside the tomb, the heads lying on the silver pillows
• Estimate:
  A$30,000 - 40,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Oriental

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