Yuan Dynasty Buddhist Pottery Zodiac Jar earpick Female Figure

Female Figure

representing life

Fabulous traditional agricultural and woodworking tool (yara)

symbolizing offerings of sustenance and blessings for the afterlife

Yuan Dynasty Buddhist Pottery Zodiac Jar earpick Female FigureYuan Dynasty, c. 9601368 AD, Yunnan Province, China A rare and finely moulded Buddhist reliquary jar, complete with its original lid, dating to the Yuan Dynasty and excavated from a Buddhist site in Yunnan Province. The vessel features a piriform body rising from a short ring foot, made from a fairly high fired pale grey pottery, with traces of white pigment still visible on both jar and cover. Such jars were originally filled with ritual