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Jan Van Beers
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Marble Tray, Tang Dynasty
( China
618 to 907
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Dimensions
36.00cm wide
27.00cm high
(14.17 inches wide 10.63 inches high)
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Literature:
Compare a marble six-lobed tripod dish unearthed in 1955 in Hanshenzhai, Xian and now in the Shaanxi Historical Museum, illustrated in Li Jian, The Glory of the Silk Road; No.110 p.202 , Dayton Art Institute, 2003
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Description / Expertise
The rare tray with an angled and lobed rim, presumably based on a metalwork design.
The tray is extremely rare in its material, since only a few marble vessels have been found sofar in Tang Dynasty tombs.
ref.4729
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