Period:Warring States period Production date:5thC BC – 2ndC BC
Materials:jade
Technique:carved, incised, polished, pierced,
Dimensions:Length: 6.60 centimetres Width: 2.80 centimetres
Description:
Bead/pendant of white translucent jade with dark brown veins and inclusions polished to a high gloss. This flattened trumpet-shaped piece is decorated with incised inter-locking C-scrolls within plain borders, the side flanges carved, pierced and finely incised. There is a longitudinal perforation running through the centre of the bead.
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Comments:Late Eastern Zhou. See New York 1939, Loo 1950, and Ip Yee 1983. This very ornate bead resembles the previous one (208) [2014,AsiaLoan,1.9] in that it has concave sides and is wider at the top than the bottom. It is, however, flattened so that it has a narrow, rectangular cross-section through which runs the vertical hole. Against the two narrow sides are openwork scrolls, whose curved and hooked outlines contrast with, and thereby emphasise, the continuous and smoothly worked sides of the bead itself. A pattern of interlocking T-scrolls on the highly polished surface also attracts attention by reflecting the light. Both eye-catching devices reveal the flatness of the piece as well as its brilliant polish. Indeed, this piece illustrates how even a small change to a traditional form can transform it, at least superficially. That was no doubt the intention, as it is likely that the jade belonged to a strikingly elaborate pendant set of the late Eastern Zhou. Similar treatment has been given to a handle in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington DC, which has a simple shape with projections in the form of openwork scrolls on one side and a feline on the other. See Rawson 1995, p.275, cat.no.17.20.
Materials:jade
Technique:carved, incised, polished, pierced,
Dimensions:Length: 6.60 centimetres Width: 2.80 centimetres
Description:
Bead/pendant of white translucent jade with dark brown veins and inclusions polished to a high gloss. This flattened trumpet-shaped piece is decorated with incised inter-locking C-scrolls within plain borders, the side flanges carved, pierced and finely incised. There is a longitudinal perforation running through the centre of the bead.
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Comments:Late Eastern Zhou. See New York 1939, Loo 1950, and Ip Yee 1983. This very ornate bead resembles the previous one (208) [2014,AsiaLoan,1.9] in that it has concave sides and is wider at the top than the bottom. It is, however, flattened so that it has a narrow, rectangular cross-section through which runs the vertical hole. Against the two narrow sides are openwork scrolls, whose curved and hooked outlines contrast with, and thereby emphasise, the continuous and smoothly worked sides of the bead itself. A pattern of interlocking T-scrolls on the highly polished surface also attracts attention by reflecting the light. Both eye-catching devices reveal the flatness of the piece as well as its brilliant polish. Indeed, this piece illustrates how even a small change to a traditional form can transform it, at least superficially. That was no doubt the intention, as it is likely that the jade belonged to a strikingly elaborate pendant set of the late Eastern Zhou. Similar treatment has been given to a handle in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington DC, which has a simple shape with projections in the form of openwork scrolls on one side and a feline on the other. See Rawson 1995, p.275, cat.no.17.20.
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