Description
The pillow is of curved cylindrical shape, and is carved on the base with a long inscription in zhuanshu, above an oblong panel with a further inscription in kaishu.
The inscription on the current pillow is a copy of that on the Han dynasty Dafengge Stele, now in Peixian in Jiangsu province. Dafengge (The ode to the Great Wind) was supposed to be the song Liu Bang composed on his way back to Chang’an after he defeated the King of Huainan, Ying Bu. The stele is now missing its bottom half, but a Yuan copy was made in 1306, and the two steles are now displayed side by side.
A sandalwood pillow (Qing dynasty)
Period: Qing Dynasty
Dimensions: 29 cm. high; 9.2 cm. long
Provenance: The William Lipton Collection
Description
The pillow is of curved cylindrical shape, and is carved on the base with a long inscription in zhuanshu, above an oblong panel with a further inscription in kaishu.
The inscription on the current pillow is a copy of that on the Han dynasty Dafengge Stele, now in Peixian in Jiangsu province. Dafengge (The ode to the Great Wind) was supposed to be the song Liu Bang composed on his way back to Chang’an after he defeated the King of Huainan, Ying Bu. The stele is now missing its bottom half, but a Yuan copy was made in 1306, and the two steles are now displayed side by side.
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