A MINIATURE BROWN-GLAZED POTTERY BASKET, TANG DYNASTY

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A MINIATURE BROWN-GLAZED POTTERY BASKET, TANG DYNASTY China, 618-906. The basked of compressed globular form, raised on a short foot, set with a handle at the mouth, and covered in a thick, dark brown glaze, stopping irregularly before the foot, and revealing the buff ware underneath. Dimensions: Length 3.5 cm An attempt to re-create the weave of a wicker basket in a decorative pattern on clay, ceramic "baskets" were a common utensil used for drawing water. Most Tang ceramic baskets in monochrome or polychrome glaze have been found in Henan, Hebei, and Shaanxi. As many as nine three-color glazed baskets have been reported in the excavation of the yaozhou kiln, Shaanxi, see a related sancai basket with twisted handle, Tang dynasty, 5.7 cm high, in the Asian Art Musuem, San Francisco, object number B70P34.

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