Period:Unknown Production date:3500BC (circa)
Materials:jade
Technique:carved
Subjects:animal dragon
Dimensions:Length: 10.40 centimetres
Description:
Part of a jade figure (coiled ‘pig dragon’). Grooved.
IMG
![图片[1]-figure BM-1973-0726.140-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/Jades/mid_00011863_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-figure BM-1973-0726.140-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/Jades/mid_00302042_001.jpg)
![图片[3]-figure BM-1973-0726.140-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/Jades/mid_00520344_001.jpg)
Comments:Rawson 1992:Jade was used not only to make ceremonial weapons and tools, but was also carved by some Neolithic peoples into ornaments and small animals. Discoveries in northeast China have demonstrated that peoples in Liaoning province, belonging to what is known today as the Hongshan culture (c. 3500 BC), carved animal figures and other ornaments from jade. The small, unusual stone and jade sculptures found near buildings and in tombs include realistic depictions of turtles, birds and much stranger creatures shaped like coiled insects or reptiles. These pieces, of which the British Museum has only a half, have been described as ‘pig dragons’.For other Hongshan-type objects, see BM 1945.1017.1 and BM 1973.0726.116.
Materials:jade
Technique:carved
Subjects:animal dragon
Dimensions:Length: 10.40 centimetres
Description:
Part of a jade figure (coiled ‘pig dragon’). Grooved.
IMG
Comments:Rawson 1992:Jade was used not only to make ceremonial weapons and tools, but was also carved by some Neolithic peoples into ornaments and small animals. Discoveries in northeast China have demonstrated that peoples in Liaoning province, belonging to what is known today as the Hongshan culture (c. 3500 BC), carved animal figures and other ornaments from jade. The small, unusual stone and jade sculptures found near buildings and in tombs include realistic depictions of turtles, birds and much stranger creatures shaped like coiled insects or reptiles. These pieces, of which the British Museum has only a half, have been described as ‘pig dragons’.For other Hongshan-type objects, see BM 1945.1017.1 and BM 1973.0726.116.
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