Lobed Dish Artist: Unknown

9th century

Asian Art

On view, 2nd floor, Asian Art

The shape of this dish derives from silver and attests to the influence of domestic and imported metalwork in China during the Tang dynasty. Small white dishes such as this example were traded by land and sea to West Asia and had a profound impact on early Islamic ceramics. Valued for their similarity to pearls, Chinese white wares were imitated at ceramic centers in Basra (present-day Iraq) and elsewhere.

Medium

Porcelain (Ding ware)

Dimensions

1 3/4 × 6 1/4 in. (4.45 × 15.88 cm)

Credit Line

Edward H. Dunlap, B.A. 1934, Fund

Accession Number

1983.68

Geography

China

Culture

Chinese

Period

Tang dynasty (618–907 C.E.)

Classification

Containers

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Purchased by the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1983
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

dishes, utilitarian objects

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