Jade nine orifices plug

[Jade nine orifices plug]

Jade nine orifices plug, Han, jade eye cover: 4.8 cm long, 2.3 cm wide, 0.3 cm thick; Jade plug: 1.8-5.5 cm high, 0.9-1.4 cm wide at the large end, 0.7-1.4 cm wide at the small end; White jade cicada screw: 7.1 cm long, 2.8 cm wide, 0.3 cm thick
The jade has different degrees of flocculent spots, black spots, grain and color. The jade plugs are irregular octagonal, one end is large, the other end is slightly small, and there are many yellow-brown spots on the surface, and some have become chicken bone white. A pair of eye covers, in the shape of dates, with a convex surface, one hole drilled at both ends, and a flat back. The jade cicada is white, polished and exquisite, with simple and smooth lines
In China, the tradition of jade burial can be traced back at least to the middle and late Neolithic period 6000 to 5000 years ago. The deceased either surrounded and covered his body with jade cong and jade wall, or covered his eyes with jade pieces, held the jade in his hands, and held the jade in his mouth. However, the shape of the jade in his mouth, in his hands, and in his eyes was not fixed, and it was very arbitrary. In the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Yuming scarf had taken shape. The so-called jade cover, or jade cover, is to sew jade pieces on the fabric to cover the face of the deceased. The jade pieces on the Ming scarf are either cut according to the shape of the five features or made into random geometric shapes. The use of Yuming towel continued until the Western Han Dynasty. The eye cover similar to this product has appeared in the Western Zhou Dynasty and is sewn on the dark towel. By the Han Dynasty, the jade burial system had reached its perfection. In the early Western Han Dynasty, there were jade clothes covering the body of the deceased. The date stone shaped jade eye cover was sometimes sewn on the part of the jade clothes relative to the eyes of the deceased. In addition, the Han Dynasty also developed a relatively fixed shape of jade nine-hole plug and jade grip on the basis of the jade burial of the previous generation, that is, the mouth of the deceased contained jade cicadas, the nostrils, ears, anus and vagina were filled with octagonal prismatic jade plugs, and the hands held one jade pig. Jade clothes, jade nine orifices, jade pigs, and pillows and coffins inlaid with jade constitute a complete set of jade mortuary in the Han Dynasty


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