Yuan Dynasty Buddhist Pottery Zodiac Jar papuanhighlands and spiritual protection

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664-332 BC

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Yuan Dynasty Buddhist Pottery Zodiac Jar papuanhighlands and spiritual protectionYuan Dynasty, c. 9601368 AD, Yunnan Province, China A rare and finely moulded Buddhist reliquary jar, complete with its original lid, dating to the Yuan Dynasty and excavated from a Buddhist site in Yunnan Province. Formed from a fairly high fired pale grey pottery with traces of white pigment still visible on both jar and cover, the vessel has a piriform body rising elegantly from a short ring foot. Such jars were traditionally filled with ritual