A WHITE GLAZED DEHUA PORCELAIN ‘BOY’ PILLOW, EARLY QING China, early Qing dynasty, 17th – 18th century. The blanc-de-chine porcelain pillow beautifully modelled as a boy lying on his belly and looking to the side with sleepy and yet still curious eyes.

Condition: One firing crack to base, old wear and traces of use, otherwise very good condition.
Provenance: From the collection of Georg Weifert (1850-1937). Thence by descent in the same family. Weifert was a Serbo-Austrian industrialist and the first governor of the Federal Bank of the Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia.

Weight: 1,726 g.
Dimensions: Height 31.8 cm. 5% or 13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer’s premium – only for buyers within the EU.