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Details
- Place where the work was made
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China
- Period
- Tang dynasty 618 - 907 → China
- Date
- circa 618 CE-907 CE
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- earthenware with sancai (three colour) glaze; amber, green and cream
- Dimensions
- 33.7 cm diam.
- Credit
- Purchased with funds provided by the Edward and Goldie Sternberg Chinese Art fund & Asian Art Collection Benefactors 2004
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 238.2004
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About
This is large circular 'sancai' (three-colour) lead-glazed offering tray standing on three elegant curving feet. The outstanding feature is the decoration of a central stylised floral medallion surrounded by lotus leaves, this encircled by three rings of four-petal floral motifs, a plain cream colour glazed cavetto and a broad rim with two rings ornamented with quatrefoil floral motifs. A noticeable feature is the technique of incised linear outlines for the design elements which allows for a more precise application of the coloured glazes. These designs illustrate the Tang aesthetic and the influence of Sassanian decorative styles. They compare with similar designs and motifs on contemporary Tang metalwork, ceramics, silks and on the decorative elements of Buddhist art - for example on murals and paintings at the Dunhuang cave temples. The underside and the feet are entirely covered with a rich amber glaze.
Asian Art Department, AGNSW, 2004.
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Places
Where the work was made
China
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Exhibition history
Shown in 3 exhibitions
The connoisseur and the philanthropist: 30 years of the Sternberg Collection of Chinese Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 31 Jan 2014–27 Apr 2014
Conversations through the Asian collections, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 25 Oct 2014–13 Mar 2016
The Way We Eat, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 03 Apr 2021–13 Jun 2022
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Bibliography
Referenced in 5 publications
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Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales annual report 2005, Sydney, 2005, 26 (colour illus.).
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Yin Cao, The Connoisseur and the Philanthropist: 30 years of the Sternberg Collection, 'Chinese Art', pg. 12-23, Sydney, 31 Jan 2014, 15 (colour illus.).
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Giuseppe Eskenazi, A dealer's hand. The Chinese art world through the eyes of Giuseppe Eskenazi, London, 2012, 261 (colour illus.). pl. 220
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Wang Xiaomeng and Iain M. Clark, TAASA Review, 'Unsurpassed brilliance: Tang dynasty sancai discovered at Xi'an and Luoyang', Sydney, Dec 2017, 17 (colour illus..
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Liu Yang, Look, 'Offering tray from China', pg. 25, Sydney, Jul 2005, 25 (colour illus.).
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