plaque BM-1947-0712.475

Period:Yuan dynasty Production date:13thC-19thC (Archaistic style. Copying an ancient Zhou or Han Dysnasty pendant piece (similar to the one that was part of the pendant arrangement of the king of Nanyue who died in 122 BC near Guangzhou).)
Materials:jade
Technique:incised
Subjects:mammal
Dimensions:Length: 19 centimetres

Description:
Jade tiger-shaped pendant based on a design in the ‘Kaogu tu’. Peforated. Made of jade (grey-green.translucent).
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Comments:Rawson 1995:This piece is a late copy of a tiger-shaped pendant based upon a woodblock illustration in the ‘Kaogu tu’, originally compiled in 1092 by Lu Dalin. This text must have been familiar to all the educated in the Song, Yuan and Ming periods. Although actual examples must have been known in the Song and later to have made possible this woodblock illustration, the copies in jade are completely out of proportion, being much heavier than the original tiger pendants.