PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EAST COAST COLLECTION A SANCAI -GLAZED POTTERY RUYI-SHAPED PILLOWLiao/Jin dynasty, 11th-13th century Decorated with a pair of geese, reeds and a river rock, the green and ochre glazes painted over a white slip with details picked out by incised lines, a black glaze which fills the ground, the straight sides glazed green and molded with 'tile' pattern, a small aperture to the back of pillow for firing, the base flat and unglazed revealing the red pottery body. 12in (30.8cm) wide 遼或金 三彩刻花印花如意形陶枕 Provenance: Uragami Sokyu-Do Co. Ltd, Tokyo, 30 March 2003 來源： 東京浦上蒼穹堂，2003年3月30日 A similar sancai -glazed red pottery ruyi -shaped pillow decorated with a song bird on top of a flowering branch is illustrated in Chinese Ceramic Pillows from Yeung Wing Tak Collection , The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, 1984, p. 57, no. 112. pare also the very similar Liao dynasty sancai pottery pillow from the collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth sold at Christie's, New York, 19 March 2015, lot 805.