Period:Song dynasty Production date:10thC-13thC
Materials:jade
Technique:carved, pierced,
Dimensions:Height: 6.70 centimetres Width: 2.70 centimetres
Description:
Jade carving in the form of a standing male figure wearing a long robe belted at the waist, his arms folded and his hands covered by the long sleeves, he wears an official’s cap with long ribbons falling over his shoulders; the translucent stone of almost white colour with a single vein of brown; the figure pierced vertically.
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Comments:Tang Dynasty (618-907) Height 6.7 cm. See Ayers and Rawson 1975, and Bluett 1990. Possibly Song period. This man stands with his hands folded within his sleeves and raised towards his chin, giving him a slightly hunched look. A wide fold around the collar lies under his chin. His face is a rounded oval with small projecting ears on either side. There is a hat with a vertical flange at the top and two ribbons down his back. The enveloping robe falls in u-shaped folds down the front and the back and his feet just show beneath it. The smooth soft surface of the piece emphasises the robe. The figure is pierced from top to bottom as a bead. Early figures in jade are extremely rare. Although this figure has previously been compared with stone figures from the tomb of Yang Sixu (d.704) near the it does not share with those figures the square or rectangular base typical of that date. Subsequently publications of the figure have not offered any comparisons at all, which suggests that these are hard to find. Low relief decorated carvings from Song tombs have some stylistic similarities, perhaps supporting a date in the Song period. See Rawson 1995, p.378, cat.no.27.1.
Materials:jade
Technique:carved, pierced,
Dimensions:Height: 6.70 centimetres Width: 2.70 centimetres
Description:
Jade carving in the form of a standing male figure wearing a long robe belted at the waist, his arms folded and his hands covered by the long sleeves, he wears an official’s cap with long ribbons falling over his shoulders; the translucent stone of almost white colour with a single vein of brown; the figure pierced vertically.
IMG
Comments:Tang Dynasty (618-907) Height 6.7 cm. See Ayers and Rawson 1975, and Bluett 1990. Possibly Song period. This man stands with his hands folded within his sleeves and raised towards his chin, giving him a slightly hunched look. A wide fold around the collar lies under his chin. His face is a rounded oval with small projecting ears on either side. There is a hat with a vertical flange at the top and two ribbons down his back. The enveloping robe falls in u-shaped folds down the front and the back and his feet just show beneath it. The smooth soft surface of the piece emphasises the robe. The figure is pierced from top to bottom as a bead. Early figures in jade are extremely rare. Although this figure has previously been compared with stone figures from the tomb of Yang Sixu (d.704) near the it does not share with those figures the square or rectangular base typical of that date. Subsequently publications of the figure have not offered any comparisons at all, which suggests that these are hard to find. Low relief decorated carvings from Song tombs have some stylistic similarities, perhaps supporting a date in the Song period. See Rawson 1995, p.378, cat.no.27.1.
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