Period:Han dynasty Production date:2ndC BC-2ndC AD
Materials:jade, gold, bronze,
Technique:polished, gilded, incised, drilled,
Subjects:dragon cat (?)
Dimensions:Diameter: 7.50 centimetres
Description:
Plaque in gilt bronze setting of translucent pale green jade with metal encrustation polished to a good gloss.
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![图片[1]-plaque BM-2022-3034.160-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Han dynasty/Jades/521_.jpg)
Comments:The semi-circular pierced jade plaque incised with writhing dragon and feline set into a similarly curved gilt bronze fitting. At the apex of the jade plaque is a roundel with two small drill holes encircled by a striated band. See Rawson 1995, p.278, cat.no.18.3. Eastern Zhou or Han dynasty. This jade consists of a domed plaque pierced to display writhing creatures; a dragon and a feline. They encircle a central section bounded by a striated border. The highly polished jade lies over, and is complemented by, a gilt bronze domed plate, which is held in position by three small knob-like extensions. There are two small holes at the centre of the jade. The function of this piece is not clear, although it may belong to a category that was more widespread than present evidence suggests, namely that of jades inlaid in other mateirals. It is likely that some of the surviving jades were set in materials such as wood and lacaquer that have perished, orin frames of metal that have been broken off and disappeared. Two such examples are dragons in the Winthrop Collection, Harvard University. The heads of the creatures lie at the apex of a triangular configuation; their bodes are twisted in an s-shape beneath them and extensions of the fore and hind legs make the pointed ends of the triangle. They may have fitted into a rectangular or square frame. The present piece was similarly part of a larger object.
Materials:jade, gold, bronze,
Technique:polished, gilded, incised, drilled,
Subjects:dragon cat (?)
Dimensions:Diameter: 7.50 centimetres
Description:
Plaque in gilt bronze setting of translucent pale green jade with metal encrustation polished to a good gloss.
IMG
Comments:The semi-circular pierced jade plaque incised with writhing dragon and feline set into a similarly curved gilt bronze fitting. At the apex of the jade plaque is a roundel with two small drill holes encircled by a striated band. See Rawson 1995, p.278, cat.no.18.3. Eastern Zhou or Han dynasty. This jade consists of a domed plaque pierced to display writhing creatures; a dragon and a feline. They encircle a central section bounded by a striated border. The highly polished jade lies over, and is complemented by, a gilt bronze domed plate, which is held in position by three small knob-like extensions. There are two small holes at the centre of the jade. The function of this piece is not clear, although it may belong to a category that was more widespread than present evidence suggests, namely that of jades inlaid in other mateirals. It is likely that some of the surviving jades were set in materials such as wood and lacaquer that have perished, orin frames of metal that have been broken off and disappeared. Two such examples are dragons in the Winthrop Collection, Harvard University. The heads of the creatures lie at the apex of a triangular configuation; their bodes are twisted in an s-shape beneath them and extensions of the fore and hind legs make the pointed ends of the triangle. They may have fitted into a rectangular or square frame. The present piece was similarly part of a larger object.
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