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THBLot of 4 Chinese Ming Potteries - Offering Table + Food
Lot 80
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Artemis Gallery
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Louisville, CO 80027
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Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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East Asia, China, Ming Dynasty, ca. 1368 to 1644 CE, probably from earlier in the period. A fascinating tableau from a tomb, composed of four beautifully sculpted and colorfully glazed miniature objects. Three are foodstuffs on platters: a pair of magnificent fish and a stack of six rolls. The largest object is a sturdy table, which can hold all of these platters, giving an impression of culinary abundance. Size of table: 9" W x 7" H (22.9 cm x 17.8 cm)
Tomb figures like these are part of a class of artifacts called mingqi - sometimes known as "spirit utensils" or "vessels for ghosts". They became popular in the Han Dynasty and would persist for several centuries. Alongside items like these were animals, musicians, athletes, structures, etc. - anything the deceased might need to recreate the world of the living. Even though they were mass produced, mingqi of the Han Dynasty often show a high level of detail and naturalism. These were designed to assist the po, the part of the soul of the deceased that remained underground with the body while the hun, the other part of the soul, ascended. Caring for the po seems to have taken on a new level of meaning in the Han period, with more elaborate rituals and tomb construction arising. The practice waxed and waned throughout the intervening dynasties and centuries, with the mingqi making a revival during the Ming Dynasty. Almost any object used in daily life during this time period became tomb decoration, believed to provide comfort as the soul journeyed into the afterlife.
Provenance: ex-Chow Su San Antiques Co. LTD, Hong Kong, China, acquired in 1989
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#150494The table is repaired from three or four large pieces. This is well done and unobtrusive, with some small areas of added clay to cover break lines on the underside. One of the fish plates has a small loss on its underside, but otherwise they are in nice condition.Condition
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