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Swell Group of 2 Jade Taotie Motif Belt Buckles #957852

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Swell Group of 2 Jade Taotie Motif Belt Buckles #957852
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This group of buckles were carved from a piece of fine-grained Nephrite Jade Gemstone more than 200 years ago. The taotie motif was very popular in ancient times. 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.A token of Luck & Love&Glory, bring good luck for you everywhere! Create good luck for the New Year, for a Birthday, for your Children, Parents, Wife or Husband, or for a Good Friend!
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<tr><td>Condition:Excellent</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:18th</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:China</td></tr>

<tr><td>Height:2.4</td></tr>
<tr><td>Depth:0.6</td></tr>
<tr><td>Width:1.4</td></tr>
<tr><td>Weight:0.13</td></tr>
<tr><td>Title:Swell Group of 2 Jade Taotie Motif Belt Buckles</td></tr>

<tr><td>Materials:Jade</td></tr>
<tr><td>Type:Hand Carved</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location:Canton</td></tr>
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