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Monday, June 15, 2009

Hongshan Cicada Jade ~ exquisite





Here we have a huge Hongshan anceint jade cicada. This is a real exquisite piece. The size and age alone is breath taking. This is a true beauty.
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Nymphs of cicadas, larvae/pupae of wasps and ants were used as delicacies for emperors and nobles.
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Hongshan Culture formed in a late New Stone Age, about 5000-6000 years ago. It was mainly in western Liaohe region, including parts of Liaoning province, Inner Mongolian province and Hebei province today. The characteristic of Hongshan Culture is the coexistence of pottery and stone and jade wares. Among them,jade articles are especially outstanding, which vary from small ornaments to huge ritual ware. They played an important part in every aspect of the social functions at that time. Hongshan culture jade articles can be divided into five classes: tool class- such as axe, spin, rod, etc.; ornament class- such as ring, bracelet, pin, tube, etc.; ritual ware class- such as bell, battle-axe, annular pendant, Pei, etc; animal class- such as dragon, pig dragon, bird, turtle, cicada, silkworm, etc.; and statue class. The most representative pieces are "C"-shaped pig dragons. When you see them,you’ll feel calm and peaceful, you’ll also have a feeling to go back to nature.
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Good Fortune Feng Shui Symbols
Chi Lin, the Dragon Horse
Large Cicada
The Red Bat


Many Chinese Scrolls on website .............






Here we have a scroll painting done the Empress Dowager. This is beautiful and represents her work in finest form. We have several of her paintings on the web site for sale and her life is written out in a previous post here. Enjoy and be sure to check our web site for many beautiful paintings by some of the great master artists of their time.