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Warring States Nephrite Jade Beast Belt Buckle #871440

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Warring States Nephrite Jade Beast Belt Buckle #871440
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HISTORIC PERIOD: Warring States Period
Approximate SIZE: Height: 2 1/16" Width: 1 1/16" Depth: 8/16''
Fits for a 1 12/16" belt!
Media : 100% high quality natural old jade! With no any treat with! Description: THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE PIECE! SERIOUS! AMAZING!This Glorious Taotie Beast Belt Buckle was carved from a piece of fine grained nephrite jade gemstone more than 2000 years ago. A piece of ancient jade were fashioned into the shape of a majestic Taotie Beast. It's a very good piece of jade if you are looking for family securities. It would help warding offer baneful influences and evil spirits. The detail on the buckle is very archaic and full of Warring States features. 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 ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Excellent</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:475?221 B.C. </td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:China</td></tr>

<tr><td>Height:2.1</td></tr>
<tr><td>Depth:0.5</td></tr>
<tr><td>Width:1.1</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:Warring States Nephrite Jade Beast Belt Buckle</td></tr>

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