Lot n° 176
Estimation :
500 - 1000
EUR
Neck rest - Lot 176
Neck rest
Central Asia / China, circa 7th century
Marble.
7 × 11 cm
Rare rectangular, slightly concave neck rest, resting on two
concave, resting on two feet, simply decorated
with three grooves around the perimeter. The possible
with another granite object discovered in a Sui
tomb from the Sui period at Tianshui in Gansu province
may also have originated in Central Asia.
from Central Asia.
Cf: Anette L. Juliano and Judith A. Lerner "Monks and Merchants
- Silk Road Treasures from Northwest China, Gansu and Ningxia,
4th to 7th Century" Exhibition at Asia Society New-York 2001-.
page 312.
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