Pillow End
1800-1870 (made)
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In Korea, pillows were usually made of cloth with round pads at the ends. The decorative end-piece was made of embroidered silk or wool, of wood or lacquer, or sometimes as in this example, of ceramic. The holes encircling the design of opposed blue and white cranes in flight are intended for sewing the pillow to its end.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain, moulded, painted and glazed |
| Brief description | Pillow end, porcelain with underglaze blue decoration of two flying cranes, Korean, Choson dynasty, 1800-1870. |
| Physical description | Pillow end made for a tube-shaped stuffed pillow. Around the circumference are rows of holes for sewing thread. Decorated with a contrasting pair of cranes, one blue and one white. |
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| Summary | In Korea, pillows were usually made of cloth with round pads at the ends. The decorative end-piece was made of embroidered silk or wool, of wood or lacquer, or sometimes as in this example, of ceramic. The holes encircling the design of opposed blue and white cranes in flight are intended for sewing the pillow to its end. |
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| Accession number | C.444-1920 |
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| Record created | February 3, 2000 |
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