SOUTHERN SONG or YUAN DYNASTY 12th or 13th Century. Northern Black Stoneware
A Southern Song or Early Yuan Black Glazed Jar and Cover, 12th or 13th Century, Possibly Southern Chinese. The Baluster Form Jar has a Cover with a Hand Modelled Roof Form Finial, the Object Probably Represents a Granary. Decorated with a Black Iron-Oxide Glaze.
SOLD
- Condition
- Perfect.
- Size
- Height : 12.6 cm (5 inches).
- Provenance
- N/A
- Stock number
- 21361
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Farming started some 11 thousand years ago. Granaries were important to early settled communities throughout the world, they marked a social change between those who lived hand-to-mouth and those who had enough to sustain themselves over different seasons or even years. Having more than you needed for that moment also gave way to the possibility of trade. They were a symbol of stability, wealth and therefore power, so it is perhaps unsurprising that granaries were an important part of Chinese Mingqi ceramics, ceramics models made to be buried with the dead for use in the next world.