Period:Eastern Zhou dynasty Production date:5thC BC-4thC BC (circa)
Materials:jade
Technique:polished, incised,
Subjects:dragon reptile
Dimensions:Height: 1.50 inches Length: 2.25 inches Width: 5.70 centimetres
Description:
Openwork pendant (buckle) comprising a coiled monster with a figure of a man in its jaws. On either side are winged human-headed figures. Made of jade (green.brown).
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![图片[1]-buckle; pendant BM-1945-1017.59-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Eastern Zhou dynasty/Jades/mid_00298433_001.jpg)
Comments:Rawson 1995:In their search to recreate on jade the patterns seen in gold and bronze, the jade carvers developed openwork plaques textured with fine incised lines. Snakes became a mojor element as the centrepieces of openwork jades. The snake-dragon grasping the human figure is paralleled on a bronze casting pattern block (Beijing 1993e, fig. 77:4), the motif probably deriving from Central Asia or the steppe regions. This complex of beings demonstrates the way in which a foreign decorative scheme was adapted to represent local interests, while retaining, as the jades do, the openwork and zoomorphic designs of their models.
Materials:jade
Technique:polished, incised,
Subjects:dragon reptile
Dimensions:Height: 1.50 inches Length: 2.25 inches Width: 5.70 centimetres
Description:
Openwork pendant (buckle) comprising a coiled monster with a figure of a man in its jaws. On either side are winged human-headed figures. Made of jade (green.brown).
IMG
Comments:Rawson 1995:In their search to recreate on jade the patterns seen in gold and bronze, the jade carvers developed openwork plaques textured with fine incised lines. Snakes became a mojor element as the centrepieces of openwork jades. The snake-dragon grasping the human figure is paralleled on a bronze casting pattern block (Beijing 1993e, fig. 77:4), the motif probably deriving from Central Asia or the steppe regions. This complex of beings demonstrates the way in which a foreign decorative scheme was adapted to represent local interests, while retaining, as the jades do, the openwork and zoomorphic designs of their models.
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