Jade dragon carving knife

[Jade dragon carving knife]

Jade dragon carving knife, Shang, 5.8 cm high, 3.8 cm wide and 0.4 cm thick
The ware is white jade, but it has become yellow brown. The flat and thin shape makes a jade tiger with twisted head and curled tail lifelike. The tiger opens its mouth and uses the continuous drilling process to make sharp teeth in its mouth. Oval eyes, mushroom shaped horns. A ring of small clothes protrudes from the chest for tying. A small sharp knife is cut at the tail side, and the two sides of the blade are thinned to make it have certain practical functions. Although this jade carving knife looks like a tiger, it is also thought to be a combination of dragon and tiger because of its mushroom horn on its head
Small jade carving knives were common in the Shang Dynasty, all of which were carved at the end, while the handle was the shape of all kinds of animals, including animal, dragon, fish, cicada, tiger, etc. Most of them had holes to be tied up, making it a wearable, beautiful and practical jade ornament.