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  2. China
  3. Pillow with landscape and floral designs
  4. Jin dynasty, 13th century
  5. Cizhou ware, stoneware with underglaze iron 
  6. decoration
  7. ht.: 14.7 cm
  8. Gift of Russell Tyson, 1946.945
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  10. Today, most of us think pillows should be soft. However, in ancient China, hard ceramic pillows were used in life, perhaps as neck- or arm-rests, and were buried with the dead. Ceramic pillows were made in a great variety of shapes, and were decorated with painted, glazed, and carved designs. This pillow is painted with landscape scenes. Find the mountains and trees.