All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Stoneware : Pre 1837 VR
item #742324
(stock #TC198)
Asian Ethnic Artifacts
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A Chinese doctor would use this stoneware clay pillow to support the wrist while taking the pulse of a patient.
The pillow was made using slab construction and all the surfaces are decorated with a star pattern and covered with a traditional glaze. There is a tiny vent hole on the bottom to facilitate firing. It measures 4.5x3 x 1.5 inches and is covered with traditional green glaze...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Stoneware : Pre 1900
item #1007197
(stock #ZTC330)
This old Chinese stoneware ceramic pipe bowl (smoke chamber) would have been placed onto the smoking pipe to allow for a small piece of opium to be smoked. The tiny opening at the top would allow the smoke to be drawn into the stoneware chamber and cooled before being inhaled by the smoker.
The piece has 2 different makers marks which are clearly stamped into each side of the clay underside of bottom hole.