Vintage Song Dynasty Style Cizhou-ware Chinese Ceramic Pillow Museum Reproduction

Accessorize your Asian decorated space with this fine example of the Song Dynasty style. This vintage Song Dynasty "style" Cizhou-ware Chinese ceramic pillow in cat form with brush painted animals and craquelure glaze is in very good vintage condition with a glaze chip on the nose and on the bottom. It is handcrafted and painted, molded in cat form with decorative fierce facial features and Chinese characters.  The back is decorated with a beast of burden and surrounding the piece are differing armaments of battle. On the reverse is a crouching Tiger.  The hole in the cat's ear was used to fill the piece with warm water during cold winter months for comfort. During the hot summer months, the user filled the piece with cool water for ease of sleeping. Artist's signature present between the eyebrows. The piece has marks of the Museum of the American China Trade and American Heritage Museum Collection, an association first created in 1964.  The American Heritage (AH) Museum Collection spe