AN AMBER AND CREAM-GLAZED QUATREFOIL DISH

TANG DYNASTY

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AN AMBER AND CREAM-GLAZED QUATREFOIL DISH
tang dynasty
The shallow dish shaped with four ruyi-head petals, each resting on a curled foot, the interior glazed in a deep amber colour dotted with splashes of cream, rim chips
9in. (22.5cm.) wide
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The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test, no. 127s40, is consistent with the dating of this lot.

Lot Essay

The result of Oxford Thermoluminiscence test, no. 127s40, is consistent with the dating of this Lot.

Compare the very similar, slightly smaller, dish from the Frederick M. Mayer Collection, sold in these Rooms, 24 and 25 June 1974, lot 12; and another of this unusual shape, but under a green and cream glaze, in the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, illustrated in Oriental Ceramics - The World's Great Collections, vol.8, colour plate 20.

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