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Cataloguer / Sale Coordinator, Chinese Works of Art

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Small sancai-glazed pottery artifacts were used as personal accessories. Their prototypes may have came from silver wares, but the vibrant glaze colors have made them appealing to a wide audience. The rectangular pillow may be used as wrist rest when writing calligraphy. The covered jar may be used to store medicine or tea. The circular box may be used as container for incense, medicine, perfume paste, or cosmetic powder.
Compare the blue- and sancai-glazed rectangular pillow in the Beijing Palace Museum, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelain of the Jin and Tang Dynasties, Hong Kong, 1996, p. 232-233, no. 212.
Compare the green-glazed white spotted circular box in the Beijing Palace Museum, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelain of the Jin and Tang Dynasties, Hong Kong, 1996, p. 197, no. 182; together with another blue- and sancai-glazed circular box, op. cit., on p. 229.