Ming Dynasty Pottery Miniature Food Offering Plate strigil This elegant tool features a

This elegant tool features a rounded flat head with two precisely perforated round eyes

with black high boots protecting his feet

A delicate dotted decoration adds subtle embellishment

Accession number: 2009-03503

Egyptian Faiance: Technology and Production

Ming Dynasty Pottery Miniature Food Offering Plate strigil This elegant tool features aMing 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