Photo Notes 白玉镂雕螭虎纹剑珌
White jade Loudiao Chi Tiger Tattoo sword Bi, Han, high 5.4cm, width 4.7cm, thickness of 0.7cm. The old tibetan.
Bi ( tone will ) white matter, jade jade, jade has yellow Qin spot. The body of three side frame, frame edge concave and convex, and incised " two" the character pattern. Frame sides Loudiao Chi Tiger Tattoo, adaxially slightly convex, high relief, abaxially slightly concave, bas-relief. Li tiger round eyes, big nose, turned up, Hank tail. Two slightly different dragon pattern. This device has a through hole, from the shape, like jade sword scabbard decorative sword Bi.
The ancient use of jade decorative bronze sword or swords, called Jade sword. Currently found in the earliest jade sword decoration appears in the Western Zhou Dynasty, to the development of the Warring States and Han Dynasty gradually have relatively fixed mode. A complete set of jade sword general Yu Jian, jade Yu Jianzhi ( first case, sound health) and the Yu Jianbi four. The head and is fixed to the body of the decoration, because the body is relatively small, not easy to play, handed down less. The sword Zhi and sword Bi is attached to the scabbard of shape, relatively large, can be Baldric play, later generations of imitation, handed down more.