A BLUE AND SANCAI-GLAZED 'MASK' PILLOW Tang Dynasty (2)A BLUE AND SANCAI-GLAZED 'MASK' PILLOWTang DynastyOf rectangular section, the slightly concave top with an impressed design of a leonine earth spirit, qi, mask and two borders of the four-petalled mallow flowers on the sides, all resist-glazed in blue, cream and amber on a green ground flanked by amber and cream borders, the sides also splash glazed in amber and cream, tiny vent hole on one side, box. 12.3cm (4 7/8in) wide. (2).唐 三彩魌面方枕Provenance:An Asian private collection來源:亞洲私人收藏The present example is particularly unusual for the addition of blue glaze, for a closely related Tang dynasty blue and sancai-glazed pillow in the Tokyo National Museum, illustrated in Sekai tōji zenshū (Ceramic Art of the World), Tokyo, 1976, vol.11, pl.56; compare also with a Tang dynasty sancai-glazed 'mandarin duck' pillow, ibid., pl.57.The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. C108n96 is consistent with the dating of this lot.枕長方形，枕面下凹，面心陰刻魌面，兩面陰刻四葉花，四面直削，平底，枕面飾綠褐白三彩，四面飾褐白二彩，枕面之綠彩垂掛至四面頂部。此枕形制小巧，可參考一件東京國立博物館藏唐代三彩唐草紋枕，其形狀類似，主體紋飾兩邊亦飾四葉花紋，見《世界陶瓷全集》，東京，1976年，卷11，編號56。東京國立博物館藏另一件唐代三彩鴛鴦紋枕亦可參考，其釉色與本件相似，見前書，編號57。本拍品經牛津熱釋光檢測編號C108n96，結果與其斷代相符。