Blue jade dragon pattern wall

[Blue jade dragon wall]

Blue jade dragon wall, Western Zhou Dynasty, diameter 16.1 cm, aperture 5.9 cm, thickness 4 cm
Green jade with white and brown spots in some parts. The body is flat, and the edge of the jade has a residual gap, which is irregular and round, but it is cleverly avoided in the design of decoration. The decoration on both sides of the device is the same, and there is a wide edge on the inner and outer edges. Two tiger patterns are carved from the interior recessed line and the large oblique knife recessed line. The tiger walks on its side, with the word “minister” in its eyes, long eye tips, long tongue in its mouth, feather-shaped stripes on its body, and long curly tail
There is a defect on the edge of this wall, which may be caused by jade. To this end, the jade craftsman cleverly arranged two tiger patterns to avoid defects at the end of the scroll, with ingenuity
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