Mid 20th Century Cizhou Ware Cat Pillow Ceramic Chinese Song Dynasty Style Museum Reproduction

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Accessorize your Asian decorated space with this fine example of the Song Dynasty style.

Marked on the bottom with two … Read more Accessorize your Asian decorated space with this fine example of the Song Dynasty style.

Marked on the bottom with two blue stamps: the Museum of the American China Trade (a sailing ship) and the American Heritage Museum Collection (an 'AH' monogram with a spread-winged bird).

This vintage Song Dynasty "style" Cizhou-ware Chinese ceramic pillow in cat form, with brush-painted animals and craquelure glaze, is handcrafted and painted, molded in cat form with fierce facial features and Chinese characters. The back is decorated with a beast of burden, and surrounding the piece are differing armaments of battle; on the reverse is a crouching tiger. The hole in the cat's ear was used to fill the piece with warm water during cold winter months for comfort; during the hot summer months it was filled with cool water for ease of sleeping. Hand-painted with the Chinese character for good fortune between the eyebrows.

The American Heritage Museum Collection, an association first created in 1964, specialized in reproductions of antiques and decorative items. The Museum of the American China Trade was founded by Dr. H. A. Crosby Forbes and opened in 1964; in 1984 it became the Captain Robert Bennet Forbes House — now the Forbes House Museum, a National Historic Landmark in Milton, Massachusetts.

Measures approximately 9" long, 3.5" wide and 5.5" high.

Very good vintage condition — a glaze chip on the nose and a small chip on the very bottom. The pictures show both; please refer to all the pictures.

FREE with purchase: the museum's own vintage eight-page pamphlet from the Museum of the American China Trade (Milton, Massachusetts) — the museum whose collection this pillow reproduces — pictured in the photos right after the main photo. It will be tucked in with the pillow when it ships. See less