Period:Western Zhou dynasty Production date:11thC BC-8thC BC
Materials:jade
Technique:incised, polished (?), bevelled,
Dimensions:Length: 8.40 centimetres Width: 1.50 centimetres
Description:
Pair of huangs of white translucent jade, one huang without and the other with some brown speckling, both finished to a soft polish. On the convex sides of these curved approximately at 130 degrees huangs are sections with zoomorphic motifs executed with double-line incisions with bevelled-cut carving. Bevelled cuts divide the otherwise plain flat reverse sides of the huangs. Small slanting perforations are at the ends of the huangs. Both pieces are similarly decorated.
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Comments:Narrow sloping ridges divide the lengths of these rather unusual huang. At the two upper ends are holes for hanging the jades. The other four sections contain small human-like heads alternating with abstract motifs. The reverse side is undecorated, except for the raised ridges of the front that continue over the back as though they were bindings. Huang with sections defined by bindings are unprecedented among the excavated record. However, the small human-like heads are characteristic of late Western Zhou jades, being seen on many items from Shaanxi Fufeng Qiangjia, from Fufeng Huangdui and from Shanxi Hongdong Yongning and Tianma Qucun. Many of these jades show composite creatures or interlace, or both. See Rawson 1995, p.242, cat.no.14.6. Western Zhou. Length 85mm.
Materials:jade
Technique:incised, polished (?), bevelled,
Dimensions:Length: 8.40 centimetres Width: 1.50 centimetres
Description:
Pair of huangs of white translucent jade, one huang without and the other with some brown speckling, both finished to a soft polish. On the convex sides of these curved approximately at 130 degrees huangs are sections with zoomorphic motifs executed with double-line incisions with bevelled-cut carving. Bevelled cuts divide the otherwise plain flat reverse sides of the huangs. Small slanting perforations are at the ends of the huangs. Both pieces are similarly decorated.
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Comments:Narrow sloping ridges divide the lengths of these rather unusual huang. At the two upper ends are holes for hanging the jades. The other four sections contain small human-like heads alternating with abstract motifs. The reverse side is undecorated, except for the raised ridges of the front that continue over the back as though they were bindings. Huang with sections defined by bindings are unprecedented among the excavated record. However, the small human-like heads are characteristic of late Western Zhou jades, being seen on many items from Shaanxi Fufeng Qiangjia, from Fufeng Huangdui and from Shanxi Hongdong Yongning and Tianma Qucun. Many of these jades show composite creatures or interlace, or both. See Rawson 1995, p.242, cat.no.14.6. Western Zhou. Length 85mm.
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