TANG DYNASTY (618-906)

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A VERY RARE WHITE MARBLE CUP STAND
TANG DYNASTY (618-906)
Crisply carved with a central lotus pod platform encircled by a thin band of raised stamens in relief above a band of everted lotus lappets each containing cloud scrolls, the flat rim with further floral and cloud motifs, the splayed foot with floral embellishments in relief, the stone of mottled warm tone with brown patination
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box

来源

The Sze Yuan Tang Collection
Previously sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 October 2001, lot 775

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JJ Lally & Co, Early Dynastic China, 1996, Catalogue, no. 42

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The present cupstand appears to be unique, although it compares well to related examples in silver and gold of the Tang dynasty. Cf. stoneware inkstones dating to the Sui/Tang period which incorporate stylistically similar decorative bands such as the example illustrated by H. Moss and G. Tsang, Arts from the Scholar's Studio, Hong Kong, 1986, no. 190.
Compare with several other Tang dynasty white marble pieces excavated from a tomb in Xingyuan village, Yanshi, Henan province, including a quatrefoil footed cup, a shallow quatrefoil dish and a quatrefoil box, illustrated in Kaogu, 1984, no. 10, pls. 8:2 and 7:6, the line drawings are on p. 911, figs. 9:1 and 6 and p. 912, fig. 10:4.