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After its conquest war, the Mongolia (蒙古) Empire founded by Genghis Khan couldn’t conquer China (Nansong,南宋 Empire) until it collapsed other dynasties, including the Western Xia Dynasty (西夏帝国), because Nansong Empire lying in the Chinese Continent resisted the Mongolia fiercely.
However, the Mongolia Empire, which came to rule over the vast land in history with a small population, governed China with a large population and history of intense resistance more harshly than other conquered peoples.
When the Mongolia Empire fell into disorder from inside, Chinese people under oppression and exploitation rose in revolt everywhere availing themselves of this opportunity. The Chinese rebellion got into stride, in the time of Togon Temur, the last emperor of the Mongolia Empire, which unsettled the entire Chinese continent.
Despite a severe damage caused by the Mongolia troops, Chinese people with such a large population resisted everywhere submitting to enormous casualties.
These Three Ceramic Treasures of Ming’s royal family were removed to a safe zone from their depository of The Great Baoen Temple, buddhist temple in Nanjing when the news came to Nanjing that Ming’s capital Beijing had fallen to the surprise attack of the Manchurians.
However, the Mongolia Empire, which came to rule over the vast land in history with a small population, governed China with a large population and history of intense resistance more harshly than other conquered peoples.
When the Mongolia Empire fell into disorder from inside, Chinese people under oppression and exploitation rose in revolt everywhere availing themselves of this opportunity. The Chinese rebellion got into stride, in the time of Togon Temur, the last emperor of the Mongolia Empire, which unsettled the entire Chinese continent.
Despite a severe damage caused by the Mongolia troops, Chinese people with such a large population resisted everywhere submitting to enormous casualties.
These Three Ceramic Treasures of Ming’s royal family were removed to a safe zone from their depository of The Great Baoen Temple, buddhist temple in Nanjing when the news came to Nanjing that Ming’s capital Beijing had fallen to the surprise attack of the Manchurians.
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Empress Ma (馬皇后:孝慈高皇后) was the legitimate empress of Emperor HONG-WU (洪武大帝:朱元璋) and died in HONG-WU (洪武) 15th year(A.D.1382) before death of her husband. She and her husband had suffered during a long war and she was very blessed and virtuous. The following year after her death, Emperor HONG-WU (洪武大帝) solaced her by dedicating ths beautiful ceramic on the altar to the first wife of the empire recalling Empress Ma(馬黃后) on her birthday. Four pictures including Qilin(麒麟): This animal symbolizes the auspiciousness that appears in the ancient legend. Its shape is similar to a deer and has a horn, a tail and a scaled leather form) and Phoenix which symbolizes the empress and The mandarin duck, which is the symbol of conjugal harmony,was sculpted in four lattices on the outer surface of the ceramic. |
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Zhu Biao ( 懿文太子), the first son of Hongwu Emperor(洪武大帝) died suddenly and the first emperor of Ming, the emperor of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang (朱元璋) was forced to follow his lieges in the question of the choice of successor. However, his lieges who were afraid of the emperor who was a tyrant dedicated this special pottery. Painting technique that does not paint roots, but only a few branches of flowers (折枝花紋) using copper oxide(釉里紅), which symbolizes the endless prosperity of the empire, coated and then its color is developed with iron oxide (紅油) on it. (* This is the only - 釉里紅紅油尊 - that expresses its color with a coating of iron oxide in the world.) |
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This ceramic pottery is the one which the Chinese rebel forces led by ZhuYuanZhang (朱元璋) robbed as trophy in the burning Menggu（蒙古）Imperial palace after conquering Dadu(大都:location near current Beijing/Marco Polo called it Kan. Balic in his visit Records,the capital of Menggu（蒙古）Empire. With its story, it is the treasure treated as the most precious one in Ming Empire as a trophy to celebrate the destruction of Menggu（蒙古）Empire by its founder. |
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