Jade Chinese trumpet creeper, Yuan dynasty, 1271-1368 C.E.-China Archive

Image Number: K1C003310N000000000PAC
Dynasty: Yuan dynasty
Category: Jades
Function: Clothing and accessories
Material: Minerals/Jade Jewelry/Jade
Description:
The jade is white and smooth, with a slight golden yellow jade skin. Cut and grind into four broken trumpet flowers. Flowers come out of the same branch, a pair of drooping; A pair of high spirited, creating a sense of overlap. The petals on both sides turn into clouds, which seems to emphasize that the flowers are in full bloom. The back is smooth, and the trace of the knife and axe is experienced. In the right picture, the jade craftsman selected a gray jade to carve two broken branches of Campsis grandiflora, each of which has three small branches, one of which is two leaves, one of which is a flower, and the other one is a flower and one leaf; The two flowers of each plant face upward and downward, and the branch stem and the end of the flower facing downward are polished slightly, so that the whole device can be placed flat on the table top, and the end of the branch stem and the edge of the flower facing downward seem to be polished slightly, so that the whole device can be erected on the table top again. The veins of leaves and petals are carved with double yin lines. The Tomb of Xiao Xitian Normal University in Beijing during the reign of Kangxi in 1972