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| | MORTUARY PILLOW |
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| | Chinese, Song Dynasty, 960-1279 AD |
| | earthenware |
| | Gift of Alice Lusk Webster, 1935 (A44.56) |
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| | The Song Dynasty (960-1279) was the
golden age of Chinese ceramics. Reflecting the tastes of a cultured, highly sophisiticated society,
Song ceramics achieved a classical purity of form, and glazes of exquisite beauty. Many consider Song
Dynasty ceramics to be thefinest ever produced. |
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| | Pillows such as this one were often used in burial
to support the head of the deceased, and they were also used by the living as hard, but cool, headrests. |
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