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Chinese Pillow Headrest

Antique Chinese Headrest 'Pillow' Box
Located in Pasadena, CA
This beautiful Chinese pillow box was hand-crafted by artisans to be used as headrest and to store
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes

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Wood

Antique Chinese Headrest 'Pillow' Box
Antique Chinese Headrest 'Pillow' Box
H 6.5 in W 19.5 in D 6 in
Antique Chinese Carved Wooden Figural Pillow or Headrest, Qianlong?
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese wooden head rest. Carved in the form of a recumbent or resting man
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Chinese Double Crane Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
This simple, square ceramic block is actually a form of Chinese headrest or neck pillow. Popular
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Double Crane Headrest
Chinese Double Crane Headrest
H 4.5 in W 5.25 in D 2.5 in
Antique Chinese Ceramic Headrests 'Opium Pillow', Early 20th Century, Pair
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This pair of Chinese ceramic headrests feature a green, brown and blue glaze as well as floral
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Peacock and Peonies Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
This square ceramic block is actually a form of Chinese headrest or neck pillow. Popular during the
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

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Porcelain

Chinese Peacock and Peonies Headrest
Chinese Peacock and Peonies Headrest
H 4.75 in W 5.5 in D 2.25 in
Antique Chinese Ceramic Headrest 'Opium Pillow' with Coin Symbol, c. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This Shiwan ceramic opium pillow /headrest of earthenware features a green glaze. Pillows in this
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Printed Blue and White Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
This square ceramic block is actually a form of Chinese headrest or neck pillow. Popular during the
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

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Porcelain

Chinese Lucky Girl Headrest, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
rigid headrest or neck pillow to keep her head elevated. Whether functional or purely decorative, such
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Provincial Chinese Wooden Headrest, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Made of Chinese northern elmwood, this smooth block of wood was once used as a rigid headrest or
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Rustic Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Elm

Chinese Sancai Peony Headrest, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
this ceramic headrest as a pillow. Its unusual form is densely patterned with abstract trailing vines
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Double Guardian Headrest, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
rigid headrest or neck pillow to keep her head elevated. Whether functional or purely decorative, such
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Animal Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Blue and White Lion & Peony Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
This small ceramic block is actually a form of Chinese headrest or neck pillow. Popular during the
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Blue and White Fu Lion Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
This square ceramic block is actually a form of Chinese headrest or neck pillow. Popular during the
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

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Porcelain

Chinese Blue and White Fu Lion Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
This small ceramic block is actually a form of Chinese headrest or neck pillow. Popular during the
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Blue and White Fu Lion Headrest
Chinese Blue and White Fu Lion Headrest
H 5.75 in W 4.5 in D 2.5 in
Chinese Blue and White Fu Lion Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
This small ceramic block is actually a form of Chinese headrest or neck pillow. Popular during the
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

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Porcelain

Chinese Blue and White Fu Lion Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
This small ceramic block is actually a form of Chinese headrest or neck pillow. Popular during the
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Blue and White Fu Lion Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
This small ceramic block is actually a form of Chinese headrest or neck pillow. Popular during the
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Blue and White Fu Lion Headrest
Chinese Blue and White Fu Lion Headrest
H 4.75 in W 5.5 in D 2.5 in
Chinese Ho Ho Boy Headrest, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
this ceramic headrest as a pillow. This headrest is shaped in the form of a baby boy, a motif commonly
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Ho Ho Boy Headrest, c. 1900
Chinese Ho Ho Boy Headrest, c. 1900
H 4.75 in W 10 in D 4.5 in
Chinese Ceramic Spotted Cat Headrest, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
this ceramic headrest as a pillow. The headrest is shaped as a crouching house cat, with whiskers and
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Celadon Glazed Temple Headrest, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
rigid headrest or neck pillow to keep her head elevated. Whether functional or purely decorative, such
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Blue and White Cat Headrest, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
this ceramic headrest as a pillow. The headrest is shaped as a crouching house cat, with whiskers and
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Animal Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Blue and White Fu Lion Headrest, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This large ceramic block is actually a form of Chinese headrest or neck pillow. Popular during the
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Brown and White Cat Headrest, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
this ceramic headrest as a pillow. The headrest is shaped as a crouching house cat, with whiskers and
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Animal Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Blue and White Headrest with Guardian Lion, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
once used this ceramic box as a pillow. Lavishly decorated in the traditional blue-and-white style, the
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Quadrilobe Fabric Pillow with Embroidery
Located in Chicago, IL
This Chinese pillow was hand crafted by an artisan of the Republic Era (1912–1949). Constructed in
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Textiles

Materials

Cotton, Silk

Chinese Red Lacquer Hide Pillow, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the late 19th century, this extraordinary Chinese headrest is hand-crafted of lacquered
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Early 20th Century Chinese Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Chinese Red Lacquer Hide Pillow, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This extraordinary Chinese headrest from the late Qing dynasty is hand-crafted of lacquered hide
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Mounted Objects

Materials

Hide, Bamboo, Lacquer

Chinese Red Lacquer Hide Pillow, c. 1850
Chinese Red Lacquer Hide Pillow, c. 1850
H 13.5 in W 28.5 in D 5.5 in
Chinese Ceramic Green Glazed 'Shiwan' Opium Pillow, Early 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This Shiwan ceramic pillow (headrest) of earthenware features a green & blue glaze. Pillows in this
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Early 20th Century Chinese Other Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Framed Chinese Erotic Miniature Painting, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
headrest pillow, and grand canopy bed, carved with ruyi-form and key-pattern motifs.
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Framed Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
, lacquered headrest pillow, and pair of stone drum stools carved with a cracked ice pattern.
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Framed Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
Framed Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
H 14.75 in W 11.75 in D 1 in

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Located in Tarrytown, NY
1840s wood European document box with iron ornamentation.
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H 7.75 in W 14 in D 9 in
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Located in Atlanta, GA
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19th Century Chinese Qing Dynasty Horn Pillow
Located in New York, NY
Being offered is a circa 19th century Chinese pillow made of horn; likely made in 1825 during the
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Antique 17th Century Chinese More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture

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16th Century Chinese Green Terracotta Lotus Motif Pillow
Located in New York, NY
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Antique 16th Century Chinese More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture

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19th century Chinese Pillow
Located in Chicago, IL
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19th century Chinese Pillow
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Chinese Celadon Dragon Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
elevated headrests such as this in lieu of a pillow. This porcelain headrest dates to the early 20th
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

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Chinese Celadon Dragon Headrest
Chinese Celadon Dragon Headrest
H 4 in W 6.75 in D 4.25 in
Chinese Blue and White Floral Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
This square ceramic block is actually a form of Chinese headrest or neck pillow. Popular during the
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

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Porcelain

Chinese Blue and White Floral Headrest
Chinese Blue and White Floral Headrest
H 4.5 in W 5.5 in D 2.5 in
Chinese Blue and White Floral Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
This small ceramic block is actually a form of Chinese headrest or neck pillow. Popular during the
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

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Porcelain

Chinese Blue and White Floral Headrest
Chinese Blue and White Floral Headrest
H 4.5 in W 5.75 in D 2.75 in
Chinese Celadon Guanyin Headrest, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
elevated headrests such as this in lieu of a pillow. Dated to the 19th century, this porcelain headrest is
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

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Porcelain

Chinese Blue and White Lion & Peony Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
This small ceramic block is actually a form of Chinese headrest or neck pillow. Popular during the
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

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Porcelain

Chinese Blue and White Fu Lion Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
This small ceramic block is actually a form of Chinese headrest or neck pillow. Popular during the
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

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Porcelain

Chinese Blue and White Fu Lion Headrest
Chinese Blue and White Fu Lion Headrest
H 4.75 in W 5.5 in D 2.5 in
19th Century Chinese Ho Ho Boy Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
this ceramic headrest as a pillow. This headrest is shaped in the form of a “Ho Ho” boy and would have
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

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Ceramic

19th Century Chinese Ho Ho Boy Headrest
19th Century Chinese Ho Ho Boy Headrest
H 6.25 in W 9.75 in D 7 in
Chinese Ho Ho Boy Headrest, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
this ceramic headrest as a pillow. This headrest is shaped in the form of a “Ho Ho” boy and would have
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic

Chinese Ho Ho Boy Headrest, circa 1900
Chinese Ho Ho Boy Headrest, circa 1900
H 6.75 in W 3.5 in L 6.75 in
Chinese Blue and White Lotus Headrest, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
rigid headrest or neck pillow to keep her head elevated. Whether functional or purely decorative, such
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

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Porcelain

Late 19th Century Chinese Black Glazed Cat Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
this ceramic headrest as a pillow. The headrest is shaped as a crouching house cat, cloaked in a
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Animal Sculptures

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Ceramic

Late 19th Century, Chinese Mottled Black Cat Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
this ceramic headrest as a pillow. The headrest is shaped as a crouching house cat, cloaked in a
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Animal Sculptures

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Ceramic

Early 20th Century Chinese Ho Ho Boy Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
this ceramic headrest as a pillow. This headrest is shaped in the form of a “Ho Ho” boy and would have
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Figurative Sculptures

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Porcelain

Chinese Blue and White Fu Lion Headrest, C. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This rectangular ceramic block is actually a form of Chinese headrest or neck pillow. Popular
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

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Porcelain

Late 19th Century Chinese Brown Glazed Cat Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
this ceramic headrest as a pillow. The headrest is shaped as a crouching house cat wearing a studded
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Animal Sculptures

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Chinese Green and White Glazed Headrest, Ming dynasty, c. 1650
Located in Chicago, IL
headrest as a pillow. Dating to the late Ming dynasty, this glazed headrest embodies the quiet simplicity
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Antique Mid-17th Century Chinese Ming Ceramics

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Ceramic

19th Century Chinese Blue and White Headrest with Guardian Lion
Located in Chicago, IL
once used this ceramic box as a pillow. Lavishly decorated in the traditional blue-and-white style, the
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

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Porcelain

Chinese Sancai Glazed Pottery Pillow
Located in Chicago, IL
A ceramic pillow sounds uncomfortable but they were used in China for many centuries. Some scholars
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

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Chinese Sancai Glazed Pottery Pillow
Chinese Sancai Glazed Pottery Pillow
H 4 in W 13 in D 5.75 in
Ancient Glazed Ceramic Pillow, Liao Dinasty China, 10th-12th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Glazed ceramic pillow is an original manufacture realizer in China during the Liao Dinasty in China
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic

"Broken Dreams" 19th Century Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Neck Pillow
Located in Chicago, IL
We call this Qing-dynasty neck pillow “Broken Dreams” not for the restlessness one might experience
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

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Pair of Chinese Boy and Girl Porcelain Ceramic Pillows Headrests
Located in Studio City, CA
across anything quite like them. These hard "pillows" were often used by high ranking Qing dynasty
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Chinese Keepsake Headrest, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
woman in lieu of a pillow. Gently curving to support her head and neck at rest, the headrest also helped
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Chinese Green Glazed Ceramic Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
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Chinese Green Glazed Ceramic Headrest
Chinese Green Glazed Ceramic Headrest
H 7 in W 4.75 in D 3.5 in
Chinese Blue and White Fu Lion Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
This small ceramic block is actually a form of Chinese headrest or neck pillow. Popular during the
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

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Porcelain

Chinese Blue and White Fu Lion Headrest
Chinese Blue and White Fu Lion Headrest
H 5.25 in W 4.75 in D 2.5 in
Chinese Green Glazed Ceramic Headrest, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic

Late 19th Century Chinese Mottled Brown Cat Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
this ceramic headrest as a pillow. The headrest is shaped as a crouching house cat, cloaked in a
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Animal Sculptures

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Ceramic

Chinese Brown and White Cat Headrest, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
this ceramic headrest as a pillow. The headrest is shaped as a crouching house cat, with whiskers and
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Animal Sculptures

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Ceramic

Early 20th Century Chinese Green Glazed Ceramic Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
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Chinese Red Lacquer Hide Pillow, C. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the mid-19th century, this extraordinary Chinese headrest was hand-crafted of lacquered
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Hide

Chinese Red Lacquer Hide Pillow, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the mid-19th century, this extraordinary Chinese headrest was hand-crafted of lacquered
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Mounted Objects

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Hide

Chinese Porcelain Pillow in the form of a Cat
Located in Seattle, WA
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Chinese Pillow Headrest For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic Chinese pillow headrest available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of ceramic, porcelain and animal skin, every Chinese pillow headrest was constructed with great care. There are many kinds of the Chinese pillow headrest you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century.

How Much is a Chinese Pillow Headrest?

A Chinese pillow headrest can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $436, while the lowest priced sells for $228 and the highest can go for as much as $2,280.

Finding the Right Asian Art and Furniture for You

From Japanese handmade earthenware pottery, originating circa 14,500 B.C. and adorned with elaborate corded patterns known as jōmon, to natural elm case pieces and storage cabinets built in Qing dynasty–era China to mid-century Thai rice-paper charcoal rubbings, antique and vintage Asian art and furniture make for wonderful additions to all kinds of contemporary interiors.

Eastern elements elevate any home’s decor. Introduce zen sensibility to your living room, dining room and bedroom with the neutral color palettes and the natural materials such as rattan, bamboo and elm that we typically associate with traditional Asian furniture. Decorative handwoven embroideries and textiles originating from India and elsewhere on the continent, which can be draped over a bed or sofa or used as a wall hanging, can be as practical as they are functional, just as you wouldn’t seek out Japanese room-divider screens — often decorated with paintings but constructed to be lightweight and mobile — merely for privacy.

With everything from blanket chests to lighting fixtures to sculptures and carvings, it’s easy to tastefully bring serenity to your living space by looking to the treasures for which the East has long been known.

For British-born furniture designer Andrianna Shamaris, the Japanese concept of beauty in imperfection isn’t limited to her Wabi Sabi collection. She embraces it in her New York City apartment as well. In the living area, for instance, she retained the fireplace’s original black marble while swathing its frame and the rest of the room in bright white.

“We left the fireplace very clean and wabi-sabi, so that it blended into the wall,” says Shamaris, who further appointed the space with a hand-carved antique daybed whose plush pillows are upholstered in antique textiles from the Indonesian island of Sumba.

In the growing antique and vintage Asian art and furniture collection on 1stDibs, find ceramics from China, antiquities from Cambodia and a vast range of tables, seating, dining chairs and other items from Japan, India and other countries.

Questions About Chinese Pillow Headrest
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A Chinese porcelain pillow is a type of ceramic object produced by Chinese artisans. They normally have highly decorative rectangular designs and feature curved tops. Historically, they functioned as headrests, but today they normally serve purely as decorations. On 1stDibs, shop a wide variety of Chinese porcelain ware.