Lot Essay
Compare the similar dish excavated in 1956 from Yudaihe Xinhailian, Jiangsu province, illustrated in Zhongguo Meishu Quanji, Gongyi Meishu, Taoci, vol. 2, Shanghai, 1988, pl. 105
Details
A SMALL WHITE STONEWARE FOLIATE DISH
TANG DYNASTY
The thickly potted, flared sides with four ribs on the interior below corresponding notches at the scalloped rim, covered inside and out with a glaze of ivory tone stopping at the flat, broad foot ring of bi type encircling a glazed, slightly convex center--5 7/8in. (14.9cm.) diam.
TANG DYNASTY
The thickly potted, flared sides with four ribs on the interior below corresponding notches at the scalloped rim, covered inside and out with a glaze of ivory tone stopping at the flat, broad foot ring of bi type encircling a glazed, slightly convex center--5 7/8in. (14.9cm.) diam.
Exhibited
Baltimore, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Born of Earth and Fire, Chinese Ceramics from the Scheinman Collection, September 9-November 8, 1992, no. 43, where it is described as "the type known as "Samarra" ware, for the number of pieces and sherds located at Samarra in Iraq, where the Abbasid caliphs resided from 836 until 892"