Period:Western Zhou dynasty Production date:11thC BC-8thC BC
Materials:jade
Technique:carved
Subjects:mammal (tiger) fish
Dimensions:Length: 5.60 centimetres
Description:
Small jade tiger plaque with a fish in its jaws, small perforation at the back of the tiger’s neck. Tip of the tail has been broken off.
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![图片[1]-plaque BM-2022-3034.119-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Western Zhou dynasty/Jades/637_.jpg)
Comments:This jade is carved in the shape of a crouching tiger holding a fish in its jaw, with the head drawn forwards over the back of the fish. The creature’s front paw is raised and its back is bent. Its long tail is slightly damaged. The fish has a short body, fins embellished with striated lines and a bifurcated tail. Pendants that appear to have some sort of narrative content, as here, are extremely rare. A pendant in the form of a tiger catching a fish was found at Shandong Jiyang. Most Shang jades show a single creature. With two, the carvers could be said to have depicted an event or a relationship, that takes the jade into a new form of representation. Such combinations were not further developed at this stage. See Rawson 1995, p.215, cat.no.12.9.
Materials:jade
Technique:carved
Subjects:mammal (tiger) fish
Dimensions:Length: 5.60 centimetres
Description:
Small jade tiger plaque with a fish in its jaws, small perforation at the back of the tiger’s neck. Tip of the tail has been broken off.
IMG
Comments:This jade is carved in the shape of a crouching tiger holding a fish in its jaw, with the head drawn forwards over the back of the fish. The creature’s front paw is raised and its back is bent. Its long tail is slightly damaged. The fish has a short body, fins embellished with striated lines and a bifurcated tail. Pendants that appear to have some sort of narrative content, as here, are extremely rare. A pendant in the form of a tiger catching a fish was found at Shandong Jiyang. Most Shang jades show a single creature. With two, the carvers could be said to have depicted an event or a relationship, that takes the jade into a new form of representation. Such combinations were not further developed at this stage. See Rawson 1995, p.215, cat.no.12.9.
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