A Rare Straw-Glazed Marbleized Pottery Tripod Dish

TANG DYNASTY

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A Rare Straw-Glazed Marbleized Pottery Tripod Dish
Tang Dynasty
The brown and buff marbled body covered with a yellowish straw glaze covering the interior and continuing over the everted rim and lipped edge to cover the exterior and the area surrounding each short, slightly splayed support, the remainder of the base unglazed
56in. (13.5cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

Compare a small marbled ware plate supported on three feet, excavated from Tang tomb no. 216 in Xian, Shaanxi province, illustrated in Xi'an jiaoqu Sui Tang mu, Beijing, pl. 39:5..

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