Jade Witch

[Yuwu Man]

Yuwu Man, Neolithic Hongshan Culture, 14.6 cm high, 6 cm wide and 4.7 cm thick
The yellow-green jade has a large area of iron brown spots. The figure has an egg-shaped head, a pointed chin, a narrow and convex face, and the eyes and mouth are all carved with yin lines. The whole body is naked, only wearing a head-shaped cap on the head. The animal’s eyes are round and convex, with two vertical long horns and hollow ears. There are shallow grid patterns on the front edge of the cap and the forehead. The figure has a thin waist and long legs, sitting in a sitting position, with the upper limbs bent and stroked on the legs. There are large pairs of perforations at the back neck, which can be hung and worn
This jade was sold to the Palace Museum by several herdsmen in Inner Mongolia in early 1983. At present, similar shapes have not been found in archaeological excavations. In the past, some scholars believed that the work was the shape of animal face and human body, but careful observation showed that the work was the image of human wearing animal crown. According to the research, it is the same kind of people, that is, the image of witches in the Hongshan era, and the performance of witches in different states when they were working. The Jade Sitter in the Forbidden City and the Cambridge Jade Sitter may be in a state of meditation before or after the practice