Cloud-Shaped Pillow with Fish

Cloud-Shaped Pillow with Fish

Jin dynasty (1115–1234), 12th/13th century · China

Cizhou ware; stoneware, slip-coated, with underglaze painting in iron brown slip

Art Institute of Chicago · Medieval (500–1500) · CC0 · Gift of Russell Tyson

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