Pottery sauce yellow glaze ox cart

[Pottery sauce yellow glazed ox cart]

Pottery sauce yellow glazed ox cart, Sui Dynasty, 41.5 cm high and 53 cm long
The ox stands upright with four legs, prominent eyes, extended mouth, upright horns and head up. The main tone of the ox cart is sauce yellow glaze. The roof is a ound ridge roof type, with eaves at the front and rear. Vertical lines are used in the front of the lift car to represent the windows, and light yellow glaze is applied. The body is shaped realistically, giving a real feeling. The base, wheel, canopy and cow are all made separately and bonded
In the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and Sui and Early Tang Dynasties, there were both horses and cars in the burial objects. The former was mostly provided for men, while the latter was prepared for women. The ox cart provided for women is stable and free from bumps and fatigue. In addition, during the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the literati and doctors took the ox cart as the symbol of the lofty and lofty nature of the Qing Dynasty, so it was fashionable to ride the ox cart. The massive excavation of ox carts in the tomb is not only the portrait of the tomb owner’s travel life, but also the concrete materialization of social trends of thought