Ming Dynasty Terracotta Courtyard house
01 April 2018
Description

Terracotta - Height varying up to 31.5cm x Width 87cm x Depth: 63cm x Weight 44.35 kg.

Provenance

Antique market Singapore 1972

Acquired from
Other
For sale
Yes
Answered within 1 day
By Klaus
Apr 02, 19:36 UTC
Fair Market Value
$3,000 - $5,000 AUD
Insurance Value $0 AUD
What does this mean?

Thank you for submitting your item for appraisal. This appears to be a glazed terracotta funerary architectural model of a chinese house. Mingqi 明器 are burial artefacts made to ensure that the deceased can live the same kind of lifestyle in this part of his or her existence or nonexistence. Funerary objects were not very much favored at auctions recently, but this particular model of a traditional chinese house is quite extraordinary. If you can provide a provenance, it should possibly fetch the high estimate at auction.

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