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Jade. China, Han Dynasty, 2nd to 1st cent. BC
A very intricately crafted jade with relief on both sides in the shape of an arched, sharp tapering xi, which was worn on a belt and served to open knots. The wide end has the form of an archaic dragon head, the mouth is crafted in open-work. Repeatedly depicted in relief are the dragon head resp. other dragon-like creatures in this compact composition, although a bird also appears. The jade is whitish due to ageing, traces of weathering are minimal, the reddish color originates from cinnabar scattered in the tomb. In backlighting a more yellowish tone is seen. 龙形玉觿 – 西汉早期, 公元前2世纪长9,2 厘米
LENGTH 9,2 CM, HEIGHT (DRAGON HEAD) 1,8 CM
From an Austrian-Hungarian collection
Accompanying this jade, is an expertise by Univ. Prof. Dr. Filippo Salviati. Also from him, is the following information about comparative examples from publicized excavations or offered from specialist literature: There are at least two similar jades in Chinese public collections which can be compared to this finely worked pendant. The first is a xi now housed in the Nanjing Museum which was excavated in 1972 from a Han period tomb located at Xiaoguishan, Tongshan County, Jiangsu; the second pendant, in the collections of the Forbidden City, Beijing, is decorated with the same sequence of animals, though the detailing is slightly different from this one. This xi is published in Palace Museum, Jade Artefact Collection in the Palace Museum, Beijing 1996, no. 48.