The tiger is the king of beasts, extremely strong and ferocious. Xu Shen of the Eastern Han Dynasty called the tiger "the king of mountain beasts", which shows that the ancients have long been in awe of the tiger. Our ancestors used the power of the tiger as a thing to communicate with the gods of heaven and earth, and to drive away evil spirits.
Shijiahe culture tiger face pattern jade collection of the National Museum of China.
White jade. It is flat and square, and the front of the vessel is carved with the face of a tiger. The facial features are convex by subtractive ground, and then the outline is outlined with shallow thin Yin carved lines, with concave ear holes, beards carved on both sides of the nose, and a wide mouth at the bottom. The two sides of the tiger's head cross round holes, which can be worn. These ornaments are worn as a symbol of bravery and strength, and have the function of warding off evil spirits.
Later Shijiahe Culture, Jade Tiger, Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei.
Light blue-yellow curved arc-shaped jade piece, cut the side of the tiger's body, the tiger's head is more realistic, the body is very simplified, and a small hole is drilled at the last end. The two sides are roughly the same pattern, except for a slight arc convex at the edge. The tiger head has short ears, a round nose, and the yin line depicts the jujube kernel-shaped eyes, and the mouth is open and the teeth are exposed. The wide yin line depicts the front and hind limbs of the tiger, but the proportions do not correspond to the natural tiger.
Later Shijiahe Culture, Turquoise Stone Jade Tiger, Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei.
This is a strange artifact, which seems to be cut into two by a light yellow-green jade bi, becoming two arc-shaped jade pieces, each with a round hole drilled at both ends. It is then carved into the body of a tiger, with front and hind limbs. The back of the hind limb is carved on the edge of the instrument with East Chinese teeth. There is also a tiger head carved in turquoise: short ears, round nose, yin line depicting jujube core-shaped eyes, open mouth and teeth. It is a typical post-Shijiahe culture tiger head shape.
Shang Qingyuhu, Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing.
Shang Qingyu tiger-shaped piece in the collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing.
Western Zhou Tiger-shaped jade pendant unearthed in 2006 in the cemetery of Quinoa Shanxi Museum.
Spring and Autumn Tiger-shaped Jade Pei Collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei.
A mixture of shades of ochre. Carved as a half-squatting tiger sideways, one side is carved, the other side is light. The tiger's back and tiger's mouth are each cut and worn. If the two pieces of light surface are put together, it can be seen that the original is one, and it is made of two thin slices.
Warring States Period, Jade Pattern Crouching Tiger, Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing.
Liao Zhijin Jade Tiger Collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei.
Jade, blue and yellow in color, dense texture with orange-yellow markings. The whole instrument is carved as a tiger, squatting, round eyes and grinning, the lines are simple but the body is full, showing a delicate and childlike interest, and there are pairs of perforations on the upper and lower sides of the abdomen and on both sides can be combined. Attached to the wooden seat. This piece is included in the Qianlong period of the production of Duobaoge "collection of Qiongzao", according to the collection of Qiongzao booklet contained in the original two layers of seventy-three pieces, stored in the wooden box inlaid with animal bone snails.
Jin (1115-1234) Autumn Mountain Jade Ornament Collection of Shanghai Museum.
The front of the Jin Dynasty Qiushan jade ornament adopts openwork techniques to express the mountain forest scenes such as oak trees, mountain stones, and Ganoderma lucidum, during which a tiger squats and looks back, and the head and hair are carefully depicted, full of simple mountain and forest wild interest. The main body of jade is nearly white, and the color of jade is skillfully used to express tiger fur and Ganoderma lucidum, which is a "pretty color" process. The Liao Dynasty had the spring and autumn "bowl" system, that is, the ruler went out to camp and fish and hunt in the spring and autumn seasons, and the Jin Dynasty inherited and renamed it "Chunshui" and "Autumn Mountain". "Spring water" and "autumn mountain" jade became a very distinctive jade category in the Jin and Yuan dynasties.
Song Qingyu Lingzhi Crouching Tiger, Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing.
Yuan Zhiming, white jade tiger head pendant, collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei.
From the late Ming Dynasty to the early Qing Dynasty, the Jade Double Tiger is in the collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei.
Jade, partially dyed yellow ochre. The head and tail of the two tigers are connected, and the tails are intertwined, which is realistic and expressive.
Qing Jade Tiger, collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei.
Qingyu, the tiger sits upright, the tail is close to the back, the eyes are forward-looking, and the expression is tame.
Qing Jade Tiger Pendant Collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei.
Gray jade, with yellow spots in between. Stripe, carved tiger stripes, in the middle of the word "peace";On one side, the word "tiger symbol" is written, both of which are seals.
Qing carved jade is like the zodiac (tiger) in the collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei.
Jade, pale yellow-green with light ochre. Carved tiger shape, squatting posture, long tail sticking to the back. There is a transverse perforation in the abdomen. This piece, together with eleven other Xiao-shaped vessels, forms the 12 zodiac signs.
Qing Qingyu Twelve Tigers The Palace Museum in Beijing.
The 12 Zodiac Signs (Tiger) in the collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei.
Mid-Qing Dynasty Jade Zodiac Figurines Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Qing tiger head blue and white hosta collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei.
The green and white jade hairpin, the jade is white and soft, the hairpin head part is carved as the tiger's head, and the tiger's pattern, ears and expression are carved with a simple short yin line, and the whole has a simple beauty.
Tourmaline tiger stripe pendant collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei.
Tourmaline Pei, slightly semicircular, pink and translucent, the front of the tiger stripe engraved in the middle of the yin, the upper, lower and right three sides are carved with animal patterns, and the top of the Pei is tied with yellow rope with jade and red and white rice beads.
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