OK, drop it in my grave…

19 July 2023

Length: < 1 min

Via the estimable Fuchsia Dunlop comes this detail:

During the Han Dynasty, rich people in Sichuan were sometimes buried with pottery effigies of chefs like this one, to make sure they were well supplied with delicious food in the afterlife.

I approve 100% and I think I know what one of my next pottery projects is going to be…

A ceramic grave offering of a chef from Han era China; it's a pale yellow/brown. The chef has a had and what I assume are traditional robes. He sits, hands out, palms upwards. In front of him is a low table with a number of animal heads and a basket underneath the table that looks to contain loaves (?) — © Fuchsia Dunlop 2023

2 thoughts on “OK, drop it in my grave…”

Salute The Pig 19 July 2023 at 12:46 pm
Just need to get the kimchi pot built first; then onto the chef … xx
Gay 19 July 2023 at 12:43 pm
I like it….a lot 😁 xx

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