The upper surface of this waist-shaped pillow curves slightly upwards from front to back. The entire object is covered with tihua carving. The top shows a lotus flower with leaves. The veining of the leaves is meticulously worked, and the central design is surrounded by a wavy pattern running along the top's edge. The body is unglazed. The tihua method involves covering the ceramic body with engobe, then outlining the desired patterns on the surface, incising the fine veining, and finally chipping away the areas that are not part of the design. This results in the white body and the light brown engobe patterns forming a wonderful contrast. At the time, this was a revolutionary technique, which pioneered a whole new type of Ding ware porcelain pillows.

L: 27 cm