Period:Jin dynasty Production date:12thC-13thC
Materials:jade
Technique:incised, carved,
Subjects:phoenix (?)
Dimensions:Height: 2.50 centimetres Length: 7.40 centimetres
Description:
Phoenix belt hook of very pale green jade with some brown veining and inclusions.
IMG
![图片[1]-belt-fitting(?); hat-ornament(?) BM-2022-3034.216-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Jin dynasty/Jades/290_.jpg)
Comments:This very finely executed bird has an arched body with detailed incised wing feathers and long curved neck bending back so the head forms the hook. The head with ridged crest feathers has a curved beak with small well-defined eyes. The phoenix stands on two clawed feet with an elaborate tail encompassing two ruyi and trailing curled feathers between its feet. Tang. Length 75mm. See Rawson 1995, p.334, cat.no.25.9. Liao or Jin, dynasty, 10th-13th century. This ornament is carved as a very elegant bird, probably a phoenix. Its head rises from an s-shaped neck which flows from the crouching body. The creature’s feet are tucked underneath it, and much play is made of a finely carved extravagantly o=looped tail. Intricate incised lines on the body represent feathers. The shape of the piece, very long and low, suggests that the carving had a particular function. As the underside is flat with the minimum of projections, the jade was probably attached here to a hat or head-dress. The quality of the tail carving would have been fully appreciated if the light were allowed to shine through it. The dense, fine incised lines are typical of carvings found in northern China and worked under the influence of fine metalwork. While the phoenix is mentioned in Daoist literature, it was at all periods and in all forms of belief an auspicious creature.
Materials:jade
Technique:incised, carved,
Subjects:phoenix (?)
Dimensions:Height: 2.50 centimetres Length: 7.40 centimetres
Description:
Phoenix belt hook of very pale green jade with some brown veining and inclusions.
IMG
Comments:This very finely executed bird has an arched body with detailed incised wing feathers and long curved neck bending back so the head forms the hook. The head with ridged crest feathers has a curved beak with small well-defined eyes. The phoenix stands on two clawed feet with an elaborate tail encompassing two ruyi and trailing curled feathers between its feet. Tang. Length 75mm. See Rawson 1995, p.334, cat.no.25.9. Liao or Jin, dynasty, 10th-13th century. This ornament is carved as a very elegant bird, probably a phoenix. Its head rises from an s-shaped neck which flows from the crouching body. The creature’s feet are tucked underneath it, and much play is made of a finely carved extravagantly o=looped tail. Intricate incised lines on the body represent feathers. The shape of the piece, very long and low, suggests that the carving had a particular function. As the underside is flat with the minimum of projections, the jade was probably attached here to a hat or head-dress. The quality of the tail carving would have been fully appreciated if the light were allowed to shine through it. The dense, fine incised lines are typical of carvings found in northern China and worked under the influence of fine metalwork. While the phoenix is mentioned in Daoist literature, it was at all periods and in all forms of belief an auspicious creature.
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