White jade carved dragon tiger sword

[White jade carved dragon tiger sword]

White jade carved dragon tiger sword, Han, 5.4 cm high, 4.7 cm wide and 0.7 cm thick. The old collection of the Qing Palace
(Yin Bi) The white jade is warm and moist, and there are yellow spots in the jade. The body is surrounded by an outer frame on three sides, the frame edge is concave and convex, and the “two” pattern is engraved. The two sides of the frame are carved with the dragon tiger pattern, the front is slightly convex, the high relief, the back is slightly concave, and the shallow relief. The dragon tiger has round eyes, a big nose, a twisted body and a twisted tail. The dragon patterns on both sides are slightly different. There are perforations on the upper and lower parts of this weapon. From the shape, it looks like a sword scabbard decorated with jade
In ancient times, jade was often used to decorate copper or iron swords, called jade sword. At present, the earliest jade sword decoration appeared in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and gradually developed into a relatively fixed pattern in the Warring States and Han Dynasty. A complete set of jade sword generally has four types: jade sword head, jade sword frame, jade sword (Yinwei) and jade sword. The head and frame of the sword are fixed to the body of the sword. Because of their relatively small size, they are not easy to play with and are less handed down. The sword 璏 and the sword 珌 are attached to the scabbard. They are relatively large and can be worn and played with. They are more imitated and handed down in later generations.

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