Ming Dynasty Pottery Miniature Food Offering Plate baskets edu/3026258)

edu/3026258)

This understated adornment enhances the vessel's clean lines and balanced proportions

Clothing was woven primarily from locally sourced materials—wool

The trophy human skull and the wooden bowl are possibly from different periods

Written in Bones: Studies on technological and social contexts of past faunal skeletal remains

Ming Dynasty Pottery Miniature Food Offering Plate baskets edu/3026258)Ming Dynasty, c. 15501644, China A fabulous sancai glazed miniature model of a food offering plate, designed as a funerary object, this plate was intended to accompany the deceased, embodying blessings for a long and prosperous afterlife. The piece features a lustrous sancai glaze, with vivid green tones characteristic of the Ming dynastys burial pottery. The technique, using lead based glazes in hues of green, amber, and cream, was perfected during