Ming Dynasty Pottery Miniature Food Offering Plate latehellenistic elevated these items to objects

elevated these items to objects of aesthetic and cultural significance

they left behind a unique visual language—one marked by abstraction

and maintaining cosmological balance

Typical glaze hues range from buff

Ming Dynasty Pottery Miniature Food Offering Plate latehellenistic elevated these items to objectsMing Dynasty, c. 15501644, China A superb 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