Absolute beauty of the Han Dynasty jade

Suzaku riding tiger title ring jade goblet

Jade is a unique work of art, but also an important symbol of China's ancient civilization. Both ceremonial jade or daily use jade reflect ancient craftsmanship and aesthetic ideas and cultural connotations, of which there is no lack of innovation boutique appear. Here this Suzaku riding tiger title ring jade goblet (see Figure) Han Dynasty jade treasures, it is the 1997 nest Hubei hills Han tombs unearthed, now at the Museum of Chaohu City, Anhui Province.

The goblet is an ancient utensils, commonly used to hold wine. View from archaeological excavations unearthed and handed down the Han Dynasty goblet jade goblet, paint goblet, etc., goblet cover and goblet, Zhiyan generally cylindrical, three-legged, a circle wrench. This Suzaku riding tiger title ring jade goblet, through high 13.1 caliber 7.9, bottom diameter of 7.4, thickness of 0.3, 1.2 cm high enough. The Jade was bluish-white, pale yellow ooze color, crystal clear, mellow shiny. Goblet takes the shape of a cylindrical, straight, flat-bottomed, three animal heads shaped feet. The main decoration of high relief the Suzaku riding the tiger title live ring, protruding goblet body, relief the Suzaku body slender, the bipedal upright in the tiger back on both sides of the moire wings, layers of roll back and forth. Live ring of the title of twisted wire pattern of bird beaks, Suzaku wide face, thick lips, protruding eyes, straight nose, the vertical crown volume ear write, in his calm the hyperopia in front, like meditation. Chi Tiger for Ceshou prostrate shaped glower suddenly beads, mouth teeth, head out, like in the roar slender arched, noose pattern capuchin erected, before taking the first step of a long scroll wings. The goblet lower part of both sides of the decorated relief phoenix Niaowen. The side of the ring spanner, the relief body up and down volumes wings upright sideways Bear disk on the wrench. Goblet decorated T-shaped volume the moire and Goulian volume moire body all over, a wide groove as the boundary between the two patterns. The goblet end of the back center decorated with a fine grid pattern, the single the Yinxian carved and multi Yinxian deep three volumes moire, three groups of equal edge decorated triangular pattern and diamond pattern.

This jade goblet reflects the carving process, can be described as the set after the culmination of jade craftsmen, reached the highest level, engraved, embossed, bas-reliefs, Carved, flat carving technique, Yinxian carving and other techniques. And complex ornamentation, smooth lines, prominent level, three-dimensional, which Suzaku beak and cleverly decorated living ring, and add to the vitality and dynamism of the artifacts, decoration design portfolio, craft carved exaggerated the Han Dynasty carving skills are pushed to the extreme or the lively and vivid art of composition, called the history of Chinese jade carving swan song, it is amazing.

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