Period:Shang dynasty Production date:15thC BC-10thC BC
Materials:jade
Technique:
Subjects:bird
Dimensions:Height: 3.10 centimetres Width: 3.70 centimetres
Description:
Bird plaque of yellow jade with darker areas of inclusion with surface pitting and decomposition. The bird in profile has a round eye, hooked beak, delineated tail feathers and clawed feet. Both sides are similarly decorated.
IMG
![图片[1]-plaque BM-2022-3034.110-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Shang dynasty/Jades/96_.jpg)
Comments:This flat silhouette of a bird has a slightly flattened, rounded head with a circular eye, a short, down-turned beak, a rounded breast, a pointed wing and a large claw and tail, on which feathers are indicated by vertical striations. A slightly later and simplified example was found at Shaanxi Chang’an Huayuancun. See Rawson 1995, p.226; cat.no.12.27.
Materials:jade
Technique:
Subjects:bird
Dimensions:Height: 3.10 centimetres Width: 3.70 centimetres
Description:
Bird plaque of yellow jade with darker areas of inclusion with surface pitting and decomposition. The bird in profile has a round eye, hooked beak, delineated tail feathers and clawed feet. Both sides are similarly decorated.
IMG
Comments:This flat silhouette of a bird has a slightly flattened, rounded head with a circular eye, a short, down-turned beak, a rounded breast, a pointed wing and a large claw and tail, on which feathers are indicated by vertical striations. A slightly later and simplified example was found at Shaanxi Chang’an Huayuancun. See Rawson 1995, p.226; cat.no.12.27.
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