Period:Western Zhou dynasty Production date:11thC BC-8thC BC
Materials:jade
Technique:incised
Subjects:fish
Dimensions:Length: 8.90 centimetres Width: 2.50 centimetres
Description:
Fish of dark green semi-translucent jade with speckling. This curved biconvex flat fish with an upturned snout finely incised with eyes, gills and fins with the body flaring gently into a bifurcated tail. The snout, dorsal fine and tail have been bevelled to a edge. A slanting perforation is at the base of the mouth.
IMG
![图片[1]-figure BM-2022-3034.134-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Western Zhou dynasty/Jades/466_.jpg)
Comments:Like no. 482 [2014,AsiaLoan,1.152], this fish is curved in an arc which widens from quite a narrow upturned snout to a broad bifurcated tail. The eye is formed from an incised circle, with gills suggested by an incised arc. A long dorsal fin and two shorter fins at the base of the belly have very fine incised lines. This fish differs from the earlier pieces in having a small claw just below the jaw, an addition that parallels the way in which birds acquired fishes’ tails; here the fish has gained a bird’s claw. There is a small hole at the base of the jaw. See Rawson 1995, p.229, cat.no.12.34. Shang.
Materials:jade
Technique:incised
Subjects:fish
Dimensions:Length: 8.90 centimetres Width: 2.50 centimetres
Description:
Fish of dark green semi-translucent jade with speckling. This curved biconvex flat fish with an upturned snout finely incised with eyes, gills and fins with the body flaring gently into a bifurcated tail. The snout, dorsal fine and tail have been bevelled to a edge. A slanting perforation is at the base of the mouth.
IMG
Comments:Like no. 482 [2014,AsiaLoan,1.152], this fish is curved in an arc which widens from quite a narrow upturned snout to a broad bifurcated tail. The eye is formed from an incised circle, with gills suggested by an incised arc. A long dorsal fin and two shorter fins at the base of the belly have very fine incised lines. This fish differs from the earlier pieces in having a small claw just below the jaw, an addition that parallels the way in which birds acquired fishes’ tails; here the fish has gained a bird’s claw. There is a small hole at the base of the jaw. See Rawson 1995, p.229, cat.no.12.34. Shang.
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