Object Description
A nicely modelled Ming Dynasty miniature offering in the shape of a large chest with handles. The piece is glazed in bright orange, with the handles cold-painted in brown colour. Terracotta miniatures of this type would have been made for funerary purposes, buried with the deceased in the belief that he or she would need such items in the afterlife.
Date: Circa 1368-1644 AD
Period: Ming Dynasty