850194

GLORIOUS Pair Nephrite Jade Circular Bi Pi Disc #850194

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GLORIOUS Pair Nephrite Jade Circular Bi Pi Disc #850194
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"><tr><td><em> </em></td></tr><tr> <td width="100%"> A pair of Circular Bi Disc carved with fine-grained Nephrite Jade Gemstone. One is carved with a pair of Taotie totem on each side and the other is carved with Linking Grains Pattern. The grain pattern is the symbol of good harvest and weath. The Taotie 饕餮 pattern came up already in the Erlitou culture when jade objects like daggers, axes, disks and scepters were decorated with fabulous animals with fierce teeth and claws, sharp horns, tails and legs. The name taotie is not original but was given in Song times when scholars made first researches of Chinese art. It is said the taotie monsters were very voracious, and therefore the Chinese characters for "Taotie" contain the character for "eat". During Zhou times, the fierce looking animals became dragons with button-like staring eyes. Until the Han dynasty, the former compact monsters transformed into slim and friendly dragons. Sometimes the intertwined bodies of the Taotie remind of the lion patterns of Nordic art (see an example of Jellinge art) or the Maya glyphic art. </td></tr><tr> <td> </td></tr><tr> <td>Reference #: AA06030343</td></tr><tr><td>Condition:Excellent</td></tr><tr><td>Year:475?221 B.C.   </td></tr><tr><td>Country:China</td></tr><tr><td>Height:3.1</td></tr><tr><td>Depth:0.25</td></tr><tr><td>Weight:0.26</td></tr><tr><td>Title:GLORIOUS Pair Nephrite Jade Circular Bi Pi Disc</td></tr><tr><td>Materials:Jade</td></tr><tr><td>Type:Warring States</td></tr><tr><td>Location:Canton</td></tr></table>