(1368-1644) Called the Great Ming, this imperial dynasty was the last dynasty ruled by the Han people, the China’s majority group. A strong centralized government unified and consolidated the country and brought huge population and expanded economic growth. Contact with the West was established, the Forbidden City was built in Beijing and its porcelain industry became known throughout the world. During the Ming and Qing dynasties Popular Religion flourished in China with temples created through China, especially in the South. Carved figures of ancestors, deities, heroes and Buddhist images flourished, displayed in temples as well as in homes and on private altars.
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In China a set of earthenware Zodiac attendant figures was made as a 12 piece grouping, with each figure holding a small calendar animal with each year represented by a different animal – rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig or boar – in a repeating 12-year cycle. Although…
This miniature Ming Dynasty earthenware mould made horseshoe chair is an example of mingqi, a Chinese term for an object made specifically for burial purposes. Literally translated as, “items for the next world” or “spiritual utensils” mingqi are miniature models of items used in everyday life like furnishings, utensils, offerings, livestock and buildings, etc. made…
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