Lot Essay
It is possible that these miniature cups may have come from a Buddhist crypt, as they relate to glass found at the Famen Temple and also in Liao dynasty tombs.
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TANG-LIAO DYNASTY, 9TH-12TH CENTURY
Details
A SET OF EIGHT MINIATURE TRANSPARENT GREEN GLASS CUPS
TANG-LIAO DYNASTY, 9TH-12TH CENTURY
Each with deep sides below a slightly everted rim, and raised on a shallow, flat, circular foot, of bright, almost blue-green colour, with soil encrustation
7/8 to 1 in. (2.3 to 2.5 cm.) diam. (8)
TANG-LIAO DYNASTY, 9TH-12TH CENTURY
Each with deep sides below a slightly everted rim, and raised on a shallow, flat, circular foot, of bright, almost blue-green colour, with soil encrustation
7/8 to 1 in. (2.3 to 2.5 cm.) diam. (8)
Provenance
J.J. Lally & Co., New York, October 1994
Literature
C.F. Shangraw and C. Brown, A Chorus of Colors: Chinese Glass from Three American Collections, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 1995, no. 10
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