What is Soul Jar?

The soul jar is called the “barn jar”, also known as the “pile pot”. It evolved from the Wulian jar of the Han Dynasty, and is a common funerary ceramics in the tombs of the Three Kingdoms and the Western Jin Dynasty in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in China, and a large number of soul bottles were also unearthed in the Song Dynasty. The soul jar has different types of vessels and a variety of carcasses, often using the Rui beast as a button, with ornamented lotus petal patterns, honeysuckle patterns, echo patterns, etc. The shapes of soul jar of different eras also have special characteristics of the times and have high collection value.