Lot 215
215
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A RARE STEATITE BOWL

Details
A RARE STEATITE BOWL
TANG DYNASTY

Lathe-turned and made in imitation of a metal prototype, with a median ridge separating the rounded lower body from the upper body which curves outward to the beveled rim, raised on a spreading ring foot, the grayish-olive stone with darker inclusions which are translucent when held to the light
6 3/4in. (17cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

For two other lathe-turned steatite vessels of Tang dynasty date, see the stem cup and the cup and cup stand illustrated in The Charles B. Hoyt Collection, vol. I, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1964, pls. 147 and 148