Ask the Scholar

{
    "localId": "8611",
    "label": "Rectangular Pillow",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.2384"
}

{
    "id": "8611",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.2384",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Rectangular Pillow",
    "description": "During the Song dynasty (960–1279), objects for daily use in both the imperial palace and ordinary homes, including pillows, were commonly ceramic. Sleeping on a hard ceramic pillow may not seem as comfortable as a soft stuffed pillow, however, ceramic pillows were believed to encourage a better sleeping position for the body. Additionally, sleeping on a hard pillow helped to maintain intricate hairstyles worn by women of the upper and middle classes during the Song.",
    "provenance": "C. Edward Wells, New York; Edgar Bromberger Sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 1950, no. 149; purchased by Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 1950.",
    "date": "12th-13th century (Song dyansty)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.2384",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "pillows"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_49.2384_Fnt_BW_H50.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_49.2384_Fnt_BW_H50.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_49.2384_Fnt_BW_H50.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 14.6,
            "height": 41.2,
            "depth": 17.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 5 3/4 × W: 16 1/4 × D: 6 7/8 in. (14.6 × 41.2 × 17.4 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Chinese",
    "inscriptions": "[Translation] made by the Jiang family in old Xiang",
    "dynasty": "Song dynasty",
    "med": "Stoneware ceramic, glaze, underglaze iron brown (cizhou)",
    "creator_ids": [
        "3987"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "CHN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

{
    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL9_49.2384_Fnt_BW_H50.jpg",
    "mediaId": "1b2261aff47a22b6"
}