Ming Dynasty Pottery Miniature Food Offering Plate boneaxe featuring delicate incised and cut

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

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

closely related to the Yali

How Bone Technology points to Cultural Lineages in Prehistory

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Ming Dynasty Pottery Miniature Food Offering Plate boneaxe featuring delicate incised and cutMing 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