Period:Shang dynasty Production date:15thC BC-10thC BC
Materials:jade, cinnabar (traces),
Technique:incised
Subjects:mammal (rabiit)
Dimensions:Height: 1.70 centimetres Length: 3.70 centimetres
Description:
Rabbit bead of translucent, light green jade with earth encrustation and traces of cinnabar.
IMG
![图片[1]-bead BM-2022-3034.122-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Shang dynasty/Jades/67_.jpg)
Comments:The thick rectangular bead of a crouching rabbit on four paws is delineated with circular protruding eyes, snout and mouth, laid-back ears, the body incised with double-line spirals. The back is gently ridged with incised chevrons terminating with a small pointed tail. One horizontal perforation runs through the body. Late Shang. Length 35mm height 17mm. See Rawson 1995, p.230, cat.no.12.36, Loo 1950, and Ip Yee 1983. (This and 67 [2014,AsiaLoan,1.121] together): The two beads are carved as crouching rabbits, with ears flattened back against their heads, and incised round eyes. They are decorated with incised lines in a meander pattern based on ritual vessel design. There is one perforation through the length of each body and another through one side of one rabbit. Pendants or beads in the shape of three-dimensional animals embellished with relief or intaglio lines are typical of the Shang rather than the Western Zhou. Fu Hao’s tomb contains many such three-dimensional examples, although no hare or rabbit. The hare in her tomb is flat.
Materials:jade, cinnabar (traces),
Technique:incised
Subjects:mammal (rabiit)
Dimensions:Height: 1.70 centimetres Length: 3.70 centimetres
Description:
Rabbit bead of translucent, light green jade with earth encrustation and traces of cinnabar.
IMG
Comments:The thick rectangular bead of a crouching rabbit on four paws is delineated with circular protruding eyes, snout and mouth, laid-back ears, the body incised with double-line spirals. The back is gently ridged with incised chevrons terminating with a small pointed tail. One horizontal perforation runs through the body. Late Shang. Length 35mm height 17mm. See Rawson 1995, p.230, cat.no.12.36, Loo 1950, and Ip Yee 1983. (This and 67 [2014,AsiaLoan,1.121] together): The two beads are carved as crouching rabbits, with ears flattened back against their heads, and incised round eyes. They are decorated with incised lines in a meander pattern based on ritual vessel design. There is one perforation through the length of each body and another through one side of one rabbit. Pendants or beads in the shape of three-dimensional animals embellished with relief or intaglio lines are typical of the Shang rather than the Western Zhou. Fu Hao’s tomb contains many such three-dimensional examples, although no hare or rabbit. The hare in her tomb is flat.
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