Ming Dynasty Pottery Miniature Food Offering Plate boneaxe Bulu or Fang People

Bulu or Fang People

especially when accompanied by a child

featuring delicate incised and cut decoration beneath a naturally formed ash glaze

acquired Pre-Columbian art during his travels in the 1940s-1950s

Renowned worldwide for their dramatic wood sculpture

Ming Dynasty Pottery Miniature Food Offering Plate boneaxe Bulu or Fang PeopleMing 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 and yellow tones characteristic of the Ming dynastys burial pottery. The technique, using lead based glazes in hues of green, amber, and cream, was perfected