| Gray
green jade with black stain at one end
This
piece has animal mask carving on both sides. The eyes are done
in lay one form. Each mouth has four sharp fangs and the earlobes
are embellished with ornaments resembling those of the Mayan
people of South America. Next to these are all shaped patterns
below the mask are stylized dragon patterns includes within
decorative bands. During the Ching, Gao Zong Emperor reign carving
of several imperial household seals and poems were added to
each side of the tablet. One side has the Wu-Fu Wu-Dai-Tang-Gu-Xi-Tain-Zi-Bao
and Tai-Shang-Huang-Di-Zi-Bao seals and a poetic inscription
and the side has the Ba-Zheng-Mao-Nian seal and two poems. One
in five character meter and one in seven character meter.
Green
jade with brown and green markings
Disc
shaped but not perfectly rounds this piece is of a regular thickness
both sideshow grinding scars and an impression in the rim is
due to a flaw in the original jade block The center hole was
board from one side. This piece was provided with a red stand
during the Ching dynasty on which a five-character inscription
Li Shu clerical script has been carved. The inscription reads
Jin-Yi-Xuan-Zhen-Wan a rare and precious trinket for joyful
tranquility.
White
jade with deep brown markings
An
unembellished slightly, a symmetrical disc is with the center
hole bored with one side and the two faces of unequal size.
Huan discs where generally used decoratively although some were
used as tallies. The Guang Yun a Song dynasty rhyme dictionary
records that an official away from court would return if sent
a Huan as this word sounds the same in Chinese as ¡§Huan¡¨ to
return.
Green
jade with brown and black markings
This
is the largest song (tub) tomb in the palace museum wide at
the bottom it tapers gradually toward the top with a total of
seventeen Zu divisions along the body. Each of these Zu is in
sized with a long and a short line and a circular mark as a
decoration. Repeated around the four faces of the tub sides.
A similar piece now in the British museum was originally apart
of Eumorfopoulus collection.
Light
yellow jade with brownish markings
This
is the largest Huang pendant in the palace museum collection.
Judging from structural evidence it was originally apart of
a bead disc that was cut down. It was also later embellished
on one side with two seal impressions Tian-Ran-Tong-De and Gan
Long and the other with a four-character title in Li Shu or
clerical script. A poem is in seven-character meter in the emperor
calligraphy and two small seal impressions De-Jia-Qu and Gan-Long-Chen-Han.
Huang were originally half bead disc and were one of the six
categories of the colonial utensils in the Chow system used
in the sacrifice to the spirit of the north. Smaller Huang were
ornamental and most extend examples are embellished with carving
of various kinds
White
jade with yellow stains
This
is a piece with a small hole at one end and two small holes
at the other. The Huang was the horizontal headpiece of a set
of girdle pendants warns by officials of ancient china, which
served to regulate their gate, as well, as ornate their persons.
Yellow
jade with brown markings
The
head and tail of the dragon is close together and the body is
carved with a cloud pattern. A hornless dragon appears on one
face near the tail. The dimension of this piece resemble those
of the run disc and about the size of a modern bracelet which
appear to of have been its intended use rather then as a sacrificial
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