CHINE, DYNASTIE TANG (618-907)

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RECIPIENT RELIQUAIRE EN VERRE TRANSLUCIDE BLEU
CHINE, DYNASTIE TANG (618-907)
Son corps globulaire applati avec un petit col cylindrique est doté d'un petit passant circulaire latéral. Le verre translucide d'une teinte bleue profonde présente des inclusions et des petites bulles; un passant manquant.
Hauteur: 5,4 cm. (2 1⁄8 in)

Provenance

Christie's London, 7 June 1993, lot 98.
Eskenazi, London, by repute.
Collection of Walter and Phyllis Shorenstein.
Christie's Hong Kong, Luminous Colours: Treasures from the Shorenstein Collection, 1 December 2010, lot 2905.

Literature

C.F. Shangraw and C. Brown, A Chorus of Colors: Chinese Glass from Three American Collections, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 1995, p.36, no. 9.

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Further details

A RARE SMALL TRANSLUCENT BLUE GLASS RELIQUARY BOTTLE
CHINA, TANG DYNASTY (618-907)

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Lot Essay

This small vessel would have had another tiny lug handle to the opposite shoulder. The exact use of small glass vessels of this type is unknown, but they may have been associated with Buddhist functions, perhaps as reliquaries.

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