{"product_id":"vintage-chinese-shiwan-art-pottery-scholar-mudman-scribe-figurine-h12cm-x-w8cm","title":"Vintage Chinese Shiwan Art Pottery Scholar Mudman Scribe Figurine H12cm X W8cm","description":"Vintage Chinese Shiwan Art Pottery Scholar Mudman Scribe Figurine \n\nH12cm X W8cm\n\nA1 condition. No cracks, chips or crazing\n\nA Scribe with Pen Paper \u0026amp; Inkwell \n\nMoulded Glazed Figurine with Blue Glazed Clothes..\n\nThe Desk is a Marbles Blue and Brown and the Hands and Face remain Unglazed\n\nThe Base is Stamped CHINA with an engraved Number 57\n\n'This item is a vintage collectable, and is a modern extension of a millennia-old Mudmen figurine tradition\n\nOver 1000 years ago Chinese artisans during the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD) created miniature bonsai landscape bonsai; a craft known as Pen'Jing.... The ‘Mudmen’ figurines came to be a common addition to these small-scale landscapes\n\nDuring the Manchurian Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1912) mud figures thrived, as they were different from ordinary figurines. They were made individually by hand and involved nearly all members of the village. After completion of  the rice harvest when the dry season set in, villagers turned to figurine production to stimulate the economy'","brand":"Unbranded","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57402788577612,"sku":null,"price":23.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/8726\/2284\/files\/634ad016-il_fullxfull.7223729657_dd4z.jpg?v=1777401600","url":"https:\/\/bshivedesign.co.uk\/products\/vintage-chinese-shiwan-art-pottery-scholar-mudman-scribe-figurine-h12cm-x-w8cm","provider":"BsHiveDesign","version":"1.0","type":"link"}