Sujet
Steatite hand warmer, Tang dynasty, China, 618-907 AD. Artist: Unknown
Légende
Steatite hand warmer, Tang dynasty, China, 618-907 AD. A small grey steatite handwarmer of beehive form. The piece is plain except for three stylised trefoil cloud motifs piercing the stone and two narrow bands each consisting of two incised parallel lines on the upper half of the piece bisected by the trefoils. There is a further incised single line which surrounds the base. The plain silver cover is indented with a well in the centre.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art
Date
618e siècle
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images
Notre référence
HRM19B73_447
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
17,9Mo (470,5Ko) / 18,9cm x 23,7cm / 2231 x 2804 (300dpi)