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« Previous | All details on a printable page | Contact Jan van Beers about this piece » Marble Tray, Tang Dynasty (618 - 907) 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 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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