TANG DYNASTY

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A small tripod amber-glazed marbled pottery dish
Tang Dynasty
The flat base supported on small flaring tripod feet, rising towards the shallow sides and thick everted rim with a raised border, covered inside and out with an ochre and amber toned glaze through the red areas of the marbled ware appearing dark brown, restored
12.6 cm. diam., wood stand

Provenance

Spink, London, 1987

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Lot Essay

Marbling, known as jiao tai in Chinese, became a polular decorative technique on ceramics of the Tang Dynasty. The marbled appearance could be achieved either by combining clays of different colours when making the vessel, or by using two contrasting slips on the surface of the vessel. In both case, the piece was afterwards covered with a transparent glaze.
A similar example is illustrated in R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, volume I, p. 146, fig. 250.

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