Period:Shang dynasty Production date:15thC BC-10thC BC
Materials:jade
Technique:incised
Subjects:fish
Dimensions:Length: 5.30 centimetres Width: 1.80 centimetres
Description:
Fish in the round of creamy-coloured jade totally calcified.
IMG
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Comments:This curved fish carved in the round is realistically incised with round eyes, gills, open mouth, dorsal and pectoral fins and a bifurcated tail. There is a perforation running from the open mouth through the lower jaw. Shang. Length 54mm. See Keverne 1991, and Rawson 1995, p.228, cat.no.12.31. This fish is curved in a half-moon, perhaps because it is carved from a piece of jade, such as a thick ring, that was previously used for something else. It has a wide mouth with a hole at the end which also pierces the lower jaw. Eyes and gills are incised, as are the fins on the back and below the body. The body narrows to a small tail. While flat fish pendants are extremely common, this one carved in the round is rare. There is no direct parallel from a Shang site, but many fish in Fu Hao’s tomb were carved from earlier jades in other shapes, especially collared rings.
Materials:jade
Technique:incised
Subjects:fish
Dimensions:Length: 5.30 centimetres Width: 1.80 centimetres
Description:
Fish in the round of creamy-coloured jade totally calcified.
IMG
Comments:This curved fish carved in the round is realistically incised with round eyes, gills, open mouth, dorsal and pectoral fins and a bifurcated tail. There is a perforation running from the open mouth through the lower jaw. Shang. Length 54mm. See Keverne 1991, and Rawson 1995, p.228, cat.no.12.31. This fish is curved in a half-moon, perhaps because it is carved from a piece of jade, such as a thick ring, that was previously used for something else. It has a wide mouth with a hole at the end which also pierces the lower jaw. Eyes and gills are incised, as are the fins on the back and below the body. The body narrows to a small tail. While flat fish pendants are extremely common, this one carved in the round is rare. There is no direct parallel from a Shang site, but many fish in Fu Hao’s tomb were carved from earlier jades in other shapes, especially collared rings.
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