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Jade human (Western Zhou Dynasty)

Updated: 2018-08-23

Jade human (Western Zhou Dynasty)

This piece, 9.1 cm tall and 3.3 cm wide, was unearthed at the village of Beizhao, at Tomb No.8 at the Jin site in Western Zhou Dynasty (c.16th century-771 BC), in 1992. It has a flat body with intaglio lines carved all over in a bevel technique. The figure has thick eyebrows, big eyes, a broad nose, and flat mouth. It is wearing a high-collared garment with a short opening on its left side, a girdle around the waist, and a trapezoidal lower part adorned with an arrowhead-shaped accessory. Its two heels are connected to each other and the toes are pointing outward. The back has long, straight hair tied up in a bun with a hole in the middle. It is decorated with double-dragon patterns, pierced in the middle and stretching downward close to the shoulders.

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