Vintage Japanese Geisha Takamakura Strung Porcelain Headrest Pillow in Light Turquoise Colored base and White Strung tiles. Size: 9" long x 5" tall x 5 wide. To keep their elaborate hairstyle intact while sleeping, a well-to-do woman or a man in an Opium house once used this ceramic headrest as a pillow. The headrest is made with Strung Porcelain tiles for the head support and Cobalt Blue on white designs.
Several of these date to the early 1800s. There are numerous sizes, shapes, and styles of these being offered. This item is in the category "Antiques\Asian Antiques\Japan\Other Japanese Antiques".The seller is "gallery31llc" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Japan, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Italy, Germany, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Norway, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Croatia, Republic of, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Jamaica.