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Chinese Ming Dynasty Tomb Funeral Pottery Bed Model

$4,000

£3,058.21

€3,522.44

CA$5,605.23

A$6,257.71

CHF 3,278.95

MX$76,600.49

NOK 41,642.63

SEK 39,263.72

DKK 26,288.36

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A Chinese stoneware day bed model circa Ming dynasty (15th-17th century). The miniature models were traditionally made as burial offering objects. Pottery models of daily life necessities such as furniture, foods and wine bottles, even servants, musicians, and whole fleet of theater troops were placed with the deceased in the tomb for their afterlife. This practice became popular in Tang dynasty and persisted to the Ming Dynasty. The tomb stoneware tends to be relatively coarsely made and glazed in green and yellow, sometimes also blue colors. They are charming for their vernacular and realistic style and provide a snapshot window to the life of the contemporary society in terms of the furnishing, utensils as well as dresses etc. The throne-like bed, sometimes called Luhan bed, was an important piece of furniture and widely used in the sitting room of the affluent Ming household. It served as a settee and day bed, and often a small low table is placed in the middle. The bed model features the wood constructing in detail including the slab base, the surrounding frieze panels, the foot stool, exposed joints and corner brackets. There are holes of the four corners on the bed, probably used to hold canopy made from wood and fabrics, but the organic material has since desegrated in the tomb. The surface of the bed was decorated in green and yellow glaze and the top was left unglazed. There is lovely patina on this piece indicating a history of buried in the earth. In addition to general age-related wear, the top surface of the bed shows an accretion of earth pigment layers with some crystallization. The side and back of the bed shows iridescent oxidation of the green lead glaze. Underside the base is unglazed, exposing the red fired clay.

Dimensions:

Height: 7.8 in (19.82 cm)Width: 12.75 in (32.39 cm)Depth: 9 in (22.86 cm)

Style:

Ming (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Stoneware,Glazed

Place of Origin:

China

Period:

16th Century

Date of Manufacture:

15th-17th Century

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use. Fine condition with minor surface wear, scattered minute nicks and bumps, evident in the detail photos. Attractive earthy patina, accretion and oxidation in keeping with the nature of the funeral objects.

Seller Location:

Atlanta, GA

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU945035960622

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