Period:Han dynasty Production date:2ndC BC-2ndC AD
Materials:jade, gold, bronze,
Technique:gilded, incised,
Subjects:mammal (tiger) cat (?)
Dimensions:Height: 4.50 centimetres Width: 7.20 centimetres
Description:
Plaque set in gilt bronze of pale green jade with some calcification and metal corrosion.
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Comments:The rectangular plaque carved in low relief of a yak with lowered head pawing into the ground is set into a gilt-bronze surround of a belt buckle. The bronze surround is decorated with two tigers facing each other diagonally. There are two loops at the back of the belt buckle. Warring States. On this buckle animal designs from the steppe are combined with a Chinese gilt-bronze frame. At the centre of the buckle is a plaque of jade carved with a buffalo, its head lowered as its paws the ground. Large tufts of hair are shown in incised lines. The jade is pierced to create openwork, in imitation of metalwork plaques used in Inner Mongolia. At the corners of the bronze frame are the heads of two felines, whose long sinuous limbs undulating among clouds shape the sides of the frame. The back of the buckle is flat with two loops for attachment. Jades that combine animal silhouettes with Chinese carving techniques suggest that Chinese borrowing of steppe animal motifs was quite widespread. Jades of this type have been found in the steppe areas within the loop of the Yellow River, known as the Ordos area. See Rawson 1995, p.312, cat.no.23:3.
Materials:jade, gold, bronze,
Technique:gilded, incised,
Subjects:mammal (tiger) cat (?)
Dimensions:Height: 4.50 centimetres Width: 7.20 centimetres
Description:
Plaque set in gilt bronze of pale green jade with some calcification and metal corrosion.
IMG
Comments:The rectangular plaque carved in low relief of a yak with lowered head pawing into the ground is set into a gilt-bronze surround of a belt buckle. The bronze surround is decorated with two tigers facing each other diagonally. There are two loops at the back of the belt buckle. Warring States. On this buckle animal designs from the steppe are combined with a Chinese gilt-bronze frame. At the centre of the buckle is a plaque of jade carved with a buffalo, its head lowered as its paws the ground. Large tufts of hair are shown in incised lines. The jade is pierced to create openwork, in imitation of metalwork plaques used in Inner Mongolia. At the corners of the bronze frame are the heads of two felines, whose long sinuous limbs undulating among clouds shape the sides of the frame. The back of the buckle is flat with two loops for attachment. Jades that combine animal silhouettes with Chinese carving techniques suggest that Chinese borrowing of steppe animal motifs was quite widespread. Jades of this type have been found in the steppe areas within the loop of the Yellow River, known as the Ordos area. See Rawson 1995, p.312, cat.no.23:3.
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