page_title: Mingqi
hierarchical_section_title: Mingqi
caption_attribution_description: English: Servant (Shinü Yong). Terra Cotta. Shaanxi. Western Han Period (206 BC – 9 AD). Cernuschi Museum, Paris, France. Français&#160;: Statuette de suivante, Env. IIe siècle. Epoque des Han de l’Ouest (206 av. J.-C. - 9 ap. J.-C.) Chine septentrionale, province du Shaanxi (&#160;?). Terre cuite. H&#160;: 45 cm L&#160;: 18 cm P&#160;: 9.5 cm. M.C. 9814. Page correspondante, Collections du musée Cernuschi. Musée Cernuschi, Paris, France. Référence&#160;: Gilles Béghin, "Le petit peuple des tombes", Paris Musées, 2010&#160;; p.32. ISBN&#160;978-2-7596-0135-6.
context_page_description: Mingqi, sometimes referred to as "spirit objects" or "vessels for ghosts", are Chinese burial goods. They included daily utensils, musical instruments, weapons, armor, and intimate objects such as the deceased's cap, can and bamboo mat. Mingqi also could include figurines, spiritual representations rather than real people, of soldiers, servants, musicians, polo riders, houses, and horses. Extensive use of mingqi during certain periods may either have been an attempt to preserve the image of ritual propriety by cutting costs, or it may have a new idea separating the realm of the dead from that of the living.
context_section_description: Mingqi (Chinese: 冥器 or 明器, p míngqì), sometimes referred to as "spirit objects" or "vessels for ghosts", are Chinese burial goods. They included daily utensils, musical instruments, weapons, armor, and intimate objects such as the deceased's cap, can and bamboo mat. Mingqi also could include figurines, spiritual representations rather than real people, of soldiers, servants, musicians, polo riders, houses, and horses. Extensive use of mingqi during certain periods may either have been an attempt to preserve the image of ritual propriety by cutting costs, or it may have a new idea separating the realm of the dead from that of the living.
caption: Terra cotta figure from Shaanxi, Western Han Period (206 BC – 9 AD)
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