LATE TANG DYNASTY, 9TH-10TH CENTURY

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A Rare Green-Glazed Marbled Pottery Pedestal Dish
Late Tang dynasty, 9th-10th century
Formed as a dish with shallow sides rising to an everted rim with molded edge, raised on a stepped and spreading pedestal foot, the red and buff clay marbled to create a finely controlled pattern of a central eight-pointed star medallion, the points continuing up the sides onto the rim to frame marbled ovals, all under a transparent glaze of leaf-green tone stopping on the outer edge of the foot to expose the ware, which can also be seen in a controlled pattern on the underside and interior of the foot
6in. (15.2cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

The finely controlled and unusually tight pattern of the marbled design of this piece is rare. For another piece which displays similar marbling see the pear-shaped vase with tri-lobed mouth in the Hoyt Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, illustrated by W. Watson, Tang and Liao Ceramics, New York, 1984, p. 107, pl. 74, which is dated late 9th or 10th century.

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