Crouching tiger with jade decoration

[Crouching tiger with jade decoration pattern]

Crouching tiger with jade decoration pattern is 7.7 cm long, 2.2 cm wide and 0.3 cm thick in the middle of spring and autumn. The old collection of the Qing Palace
The jade tiger is made of blue-white jade, which is flaky and has brown color change due to burial. The tiger is in the shape of a “bow”, the head is finely carved, the mouth is open, the upper lip is curled up and connected with the nose, the front and rear feet are lying, the tail is large and curled up, the tiger body is decorated with a “human” shape, and the limbs are decorated with hook cloud patterns
Jade tigers have been found many times in the tombs of the Spring and Autumn Period and the early Warring States Period. They are often used in pairs, and may have matching functions. The jade tiger in the Spring and Autumn Period is generally wider than this one, and the decorative pattern is more complex, and the shape of this work is more vivid and accurate than that of other works. The “human” shape tiger skin pattern inherits some decorative styles of Shang and Zhou jades. There are holes in the middle of the work, and the tail and mouth of the tiger are also in the shape of rotating holes, which can be hung with ropes. This jade tiger may be a jade piece used in the middle of a group of jade pendants, which is more precious than the general jade tiger.