White jade carving double tiger ring

[White Jade Carved Double Tiger Ring Pendant]

White Jade Carved Double Tiger Ring Pendant, yuan, 5.4 cm in diameter and 1.2 cm in thickness. The old collection of the Qing Palace
White jade with leather color, carved with a female tiger, attached with rocks and oak trees, bears a ring and can be tied with a ribbon
During the Liao and Jin dynasties, the Qidan and Nuzhen nobles had the tradition of four times of Nabo, of which “spring water” and “autumn mountain” were the most distinctive activities. The so-called “spring water” means that at the beginning of spring, when the ice and snow begin to pan (sound hope, meaning melting), the ice is drilled in the river to catch fish, and the sea holly is used to catch swans; The so-called “autumn mountain” refers to hunting deer and tigers in the mountains in late autumn. Tomb murals and jade carvings in the Liao and Jin dynasties were created with spring water and autumn mountains as themes. As far as jade carving works are concerned, spring water jade often takes sea holly and swan as the main characters; Qiushan jade usually represents animals in oak forests and rocks, and cleverly uses the color of jade skin to render autumn scenery. Although this double tiger ring pendant is a work of the Yuan Dynasty, its theme and beautiful color technology are in the same line with similar jade carving works of the Liao and Jin Dynasties