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Emperor Hsuan-tsung's
Set of Fifteen Jade Tablets
T'ang Dynasty
(A.D. 618-907)
Length: 29.5-29.8cm
Width: 2.8cm
Thickness: 0.7cm
At times of peace
and prosperity the emperor
of China would celebrate
the great Feng-shan rite
at Mount Tai in Shantung
province with these tablets
inscribed with prayers.
The upper set of jade
tablets were used by the
T'ang emperor Hsuan Tsung
(A.D. 713-755), and the
other by the Sung emperor
Chen Tsung (A.D. 998-1022).