Jade bi disc with rush mat pattern, Southern Song to Yuan dynasties, 1127-1368 C.E.-China Archive

Image Number: K1C002820N000000000PAD
Dynasty: Southern Song dynasty
Category: Jades
Function: Sacrificial vessels
Material: Minerals/Jade Jewelry/Shining Jade
Description:
It should have been made of bluish yellow jade, but the surface of the utensil was stained with different shades of brown, and the edges were partially black. Both sides are carved with ivory patterns, but one of the patterns is worn. The Emperor Qianlong wrote a poem for it, “The millet is flat and natural, and Baoguang Yun picks and carves, and Chuzhou discusses the third treasure. He likes Jiasheng for a long time.”, Poems are carved around the jade wall. A red sandalwood seat was prepared in the Qing Palace, with a dry hanging of mud gold in the center, and the same poem was engraved with mud gold on the back of the seat. Upon verification, the poem was included in the third volume of Complete Works of Imperial Poems and Prose of Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty and Imperial Poems, volume 43, page 5.