Yueyao burial urn

Urna funerária (Yueyao)

Stoneware, glazed Yue ware Zhejiang or Jiangsu, eastern China Western or Eastern Jin dynasty, 3rd or 4th c Inv. CA-CFC.372

Burial urn

This funerary urn was a symbolic resting place for the spirit of the deceased. On the low floor, figures seated in pairs, cross-legged images of the Buddha, in a pose of meditation. These Buddhas are a sign of the early integration of Buddhism into China.