Jade cicada, Western Han dynasty (206 BCE-8 CE)

Jade cicada, Western Han dynasty (206 BCE-8 CE)


  • Image Number: K1C000008N000000000PAD
  • Dynasty: Western Han dynasty
  • Category: Jades
  • Function: Ming ware, clothing and accessories
  • Material: Minerals/Jade Jewelry/Jade
  • Description:
    Jade, with brown spots and cicada shape, is carved in the style of the so-called “Han Eight Sabres”. In the Han Dynasty, this kind of jade cicada was often contained in the mouth of dead people as “Hu”. The head of a cicada is pierced by an ox nose, which should be added later in the world as a hole for tying and stringing.

西漢 玉蟬
图片[2]-Jade cicada, Western Han dynasty (206 BCE-8 CE)-China Archive
图片[3]-Jade cicada, Western Han dynasty (206 BCE-8 CE)-China Archive
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