Were the patterns on this ancient pillow painted on?
这只古枕头的花纹，是画出来的吗？
看到枕头，你会不会想到软软的东西？
When you think of a pillow, do you picture something soft?
可是，有些古枕头是用陶做的。
Yet some ancient pillows were made of ceramic.
纽约的大都会艺术博物馆，收藏着一只中国唐代的陶枕。
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has a Chinese ceramic pillow from the Tang dynasty.
它大约做于公元700年，上面有深浅不同的花纹。
It was made around the year 700 CE and has patterns in darker and lighter shades.
这些花纹，是拿笔画上去的吗？
Were these patterns painted on with a brush?
这只枕头的答案，藏在做它的泥里。
For this pillow, the answer lies in the clay it was made from.
做这种花纹时，人们先把深色和浅色的泥放在一起。
To make this kind of pattern, people first put dark and light clay together.
再把它们扭一扭、揉一揉，让两种颜色混在一起。
They then twist and knead the clays, mixing the two colors.
然后，切成很薄的片，把薄片贴到枕头表面。
Next, they cut the clay into very thin slices and attach them to the pillow's surface.
花纹就在这层薄薄的泥上，不是穿过整个枕头的。
The pattern is in this thin layer of clay; it does not run through the whole pillow.
外面还会上釉，也就是加一层覆盖表面的材料。
A glaze is also applied on the outside, adding a layer of material over the surface.
烧好后，花纹就留在表面。
After firing, the pattern remains on the surface.
看起来像画上去的线，原来可以来自泥本身。
Lines that look painted on can actually come from the clay itself.
这只小枕头，让我们看到古人做东西时的另一种办法。
This little pillow shows us another way people in the past made things.
