Ming Dynasty Green Glazed Pottery Offering Chest fragment Accession Number: 1872

Accession Number: 1872

Spring 2001

and expressive posture

which terminates just below the rim on the interior and at the lower body

Possibly dating to the Han period

Ming Dynasty Green Glazed Pottery Offering Chest fragment Accession Number: 1872Ming Dynasty, c. 15501644, China A rare and evocative pottery model of a storage chest, originally made as part of a Ming Dynasty tomb group. The piece is almost entirely covered in a brilliant green glaze, its edges neatly outlined in black. The base remain unglazed. The miniature chest is finely detailed, complete with hinges, and a claspclosely imitating the functional storage chests used in life. Such chests were essential household furnishings,