Jade pei pendant in the shape of fish, Song to Jin dynasty (960-1234)

Jade pei pendant in the shape of fish, Song to Jin dynasty (960-1234)

• Image Number: K1C004058N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Song dynasty
• Category: Jades
• Function: Stationery and stationery
• Material: Minerals/Jade Jewelry/Shining Jade
• Description:
  White jade, mixed with grain and broad strip brown spots. Carving in the shape of a fish is quite realistic. The lips are thick and the gills are bulging, and the fin tail is vivid and dynamic. There is a rectangle between the back and abdomen. Since the Song Dynasty, jade pendants in the shape of fish have been very popular, and their forms are very diverse. The pottery fish unearthed in the Southern Song Tomb of Beidaqiao, Hangzhou, and the jade fish unearthed in the Southern Song Tomb of Hexing Township, Guanghan, Sichuan are all short, big bellied, thick lipped mandarin fish like jade pendants, which were more popular in the Yuan Dynasty.