Pillow

12th - 13th century

Korean

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About the Artwork

Imagine resting your head on a pillow like this one. Though made of hard ceramic, it was designed for comfort. It may have been used to keep the neck cool in the heat of summer, or to preserve the elaborate hairstyles of elite women. The lions that support this pillow are believed to offer protection—a perfect assurance for someone wanting to get some rest.

Title Pillow

Artwork Date 12th - 13th century

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Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Korean

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Korean

Medium Stoneware with slip and celadon glaze

Dimensions Overall: 4 3/4 × 9 1/2 × 3 inches (12.1 × 24.1 × 7.6 cm)

Classification Ceramics

Department Asian Art

Credit Founders Society Purchase, New Endowment Fund, and Benson and Edith Ford Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 80.39

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Provenance

purchased from the widow of Terauchi, the 1st Governor-General of Korea

purchased by a private collector

purchased by (Mayuyama and Co., Tokyo, Japan)

purchased by Matsunaga Kinenkan (Kanagawa, Japan)

purchased by (Mayuyama and Co., Tokyo, Japan)

1980-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Matsunaga Catalogue, p. 210 (pl. 331).

Mayuyama Seventy Years, vol. 1. Tokyo, 1976, p. 384 (pl. 1147).

Dekai Toju Zenshu Collection of Worl Ceramics, vol. 8. Tokyo, 1961, no. 71.

Bulletin of the DIA 59, nos. 2/3 (1981): pp. 96-100, p. 96 (ill.).

Bulletin of the DIA 59, no. 4 (1981): p. 108 (ill.).

An Exhibition of National Art Treasures of Korea. Exh. cat., Victoria and Albert Museum. London, 1961, no. 43 (ill.).

100 Masterworks from the Detroit Institute of Arts. New York, 1985, p. 64, p. 65 (ill.).

Mitchell, S.W. "The Asian Collection at the Detroit Institute of Arts." Orientations 13, no. 5 (May 1982): pp. 14-36 (fig. 24).

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Korean, Pillow, 12th - 13th century, stoneware with slip and celadon glaze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, New Endowment Fund, and Benson and Edith Ford Fund, 80.39.