Containers
Vase with Carved Mouth, Neck, Shoulder and Foot Featuring Lotus Motifs
Effigy Vessel
Vase
Jug
Covered Sugar Bowl
Vessel
Covered Box Inscribed in Arabic Alhamdoulillah (Praise be to God)
The Arabic character on the top of this box means God Willing, Ilhamdouliilah. Bronzes with Arabic inscriptions are not common among the Chinese trade goods found in the Near and Middle East. Scholars therefore believe that such pieces were made for the domestic market, for foreign national Muslims and for the large population of Chinese […]