Period:Ming dynasty Production date:15thC-16thC (circa)
Materials:jade
Technique:carved
Subjects:dragon
Dimensions:Height: 6.10 centimetres Length: 13.40 centimetres Weight: 119 grammes Depth: 0.80 centimetres
Description:
Belt-plaque (one of a set), carved in relief with dragons and flowers. It would have been applied to a textile belt, using the small holes around the edges and on the back. Made of jade. Openwork.
IMG
![图片[1]-plaque; belt-fitting BM-1930-1217.35-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Jades/mid_00297738_001.jpg)
Comments:Rawson 1992:Court belts (‘chaodai’) varied in color according to rank. These belts were made of cloth or leather and were decorated with ornamental plaques, a practice current in the Ming dynasty but probably dating from much earlier. Belt-plaques and belt-hooks formed the major items of jewellery and rank insignia for men in China. Rawson 1995:The early Ming period saw the exploration of various forms of openwork combined with relief, as can be see in this piece, which closely resembles the carving of an eighteen-plaque belt set from a middle Ming tomb al Lanzhou in Gansu province. See also BM 1945.1017.134.
Materials:jade
Technique:carved
Subjects:dragon
Dimensions:Height: 6.10 centimetres Length: 13.40 centimetres Weight: 119 grammes Depth: 0.80 centimetres
Description:
Belt-plaque (one of a set), carved in relief with dragons and flowers. It would have been applied to a textile belt, using the small holes around the edges and on the back. Made of jade. Openwork.
IMG
Comments:Rawson 1992:Court belts (‘chaodai’) varied in color according to rank. These belts were made of cloth or leather and were decorated with ornamental plaques, a practice current in the Ming dynasty but probably dating from much earlier. Belt-plaques and belt-hooks formed the major items of jewellery and rank insignia for men in China. Rawson 1995:The early Ming period saw the exploration of various forms of openwork combined with relief, as can be see in this piece, which closely resembles the carving of an eighteen-plaque belt set from a middle Ming tomb al Lanzhou in Gansu province. See also BM 1945.1017.134.
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