Dragon pattern jade belt

[Dragon grain jade belt]

Dragon grain jade belt, bright, with the longest length of 9.5 cm, width of 4 cm, and thickness of 0.6 cm
Jade is white. The jade belt is composed of 20 jade belt plates, sewn on the red satin ribbon, which is very complete. Among them, 6 are peach shaped, 4 are strip shaped, 8 are rectangular, and 2 are micro-arc at one end. The whole set of belt plate adopts the carving technique, and the dragon pattern is embossed on the mat brocade floor, which is divided into the front and side images, and the scale pattern is carved with the yin carving technique
The jade belt first appeared in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties and lasted until the Ming Dynasty. The jade belt of the Ming Dynasty mostly used Hotan white jade as the raw material, and a few were sapphire and jasper. The jade belt decorations are mostly carved by the carving process. The patterns are rich in themes, including dragon patterns, pine deer patterns, lion patterns, etc. The selection of patterns is often related to the identity of users. The quantity of jade band board is relatively uniform, and its use is also very standard. There are more detailed records in historical documents such as the History of the Ming Dynasty