Period:Western Zhou dynasty Production date:11thC BC-8thC BC
Materials:jade, cinnabar (traces),
Technique:carved, incised,
Subjects:mammal (hare)
Dimensions:Height: 2.30 centimetres Length: 3.20 centimetres
Description:
Standing hare in the round of pale green translucent jade with surface decomposition, earth encrustation and small traces of cinnabar. This hare with upright ears, round slightly protruding eyes and incised snout stands on four well-defined legs, swayed back, raised haunches terminating in a long tail. There is a slanting perforation between its forelegs.
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Comments:Shang. A small hare is carved very realistically in the round. The small head has round, slightly protruding eyes and a pair of tall ears standing bolt upright. Its long back is curved to terminate in raised haunches, and the legs suggest that the animal is crouching. There is a perforation between the forelegs. While the majority of Western Zhou jade pendants were entirely flat, some three-dimensional carvings of deer and oxen have come from middle Western Zhou tombs at Shaanxi Baoji Rujiahuang. See Rawson 1995, p.230, cat.no.12.37.
Materials:jade, cinnabar (traces),
Technique:carved, incised,
Subjects:mammal (hare)
Dimensions:Height: 2.30 centimetres Length: 3.20 centimetres
Description:
Standing hare in the round of pale green translucent jade with surface decomposition, earth encrustation and small traces of cinnabar. This hare with upright ears, round slightly protruding eyes and incised snout stands on four well-defined legs, swayed back, raised haunches terminating in a long tail. There is a slanting perforation between its forelegs.
IMG
Comments:Shang. A small hare is carved very realistically in the round. The small head has round, slightly protruding eyes and a pair of tall ears standing bolt upright. Its long back is curved to terminate in raised haunches, and the legs suggest that the animal is crouching. There is a perforation between the forelegs. While the majority of Western Zhou jade pendants were entirely flat, some three-dimensional carvings of deer and oxen have come from middle Western Zhou tombs at Shaanxi Baoji Rujiahuang. See Rawson 1995, p.230, cat.no.12.37.
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