Blue Jade Luduan

[Blue Jade Luduan]

Blue Jade Luduan, clear, 12.5 cm high, 19 cm long and 8 cm wide. The old collection of the Qing Palace
The jade is dark cyan, with slight spots, and partially stained brown. Luduan is in a recumbent posture with a large head and a strong body. There is a small corner on the top of the head and long hair behind the head. Large ears, open mouth, whiskers under jaw. The chest is convex and has transverse section lines. The forelegs are short, the feet are big like hoofs, and the thin Yin line carves the fingers and claws. The tail is divided into three parts
“Luduan” is a mythical beast in ancient Chinese legend. “The Book of Song • Fu Ruizhi Xia”: “Luduan travels eight thousand miles a day and knows the language of the four barbarians.” Some scholars once regarded this object as exorcising evil spirits, but it is usually the head of a deer with a single horn, but it is the head of a lion