How to distinguish Shang Zhou jade

How to distinguish Shang Zhou jade

In the gallery of Gaogu jade art, the jade articles from Hongshan and Liangzhu, and from the Han Dynasty to the Tang and Tang Dynasties, are splendid and colorful. And nowadays people love, mostly the Warring States and the two Han jade. However, why should Aiyu only pay attention to the Warring States and the Han Dynasty? Shang Zhou jade, it is not another wonderful in ancient jade, its exquisite tailoring, wonderful ideas, simple and bright craftsmanship.

Usually, people's understanding of Shang Zhou's jade is mainly based on the Yinxu Women's Tomb and the jade artifacts unearthed in the Central Plains such as Shaanxi and Shanxi. However, due to the profound knowledge of ancient jade culture, only the limited archaeological excavation products as the basis for identification will make the path of ancient jade identification narrower and narrower, while the Shang Zhou jade unearthed from Qiangzhang and Zhuanglixi in Tengzhou, Shandong Province We bring a new visual experience.

Shang Zhou Jade

Twilight and jade change speak of ancient jade, people first thought of being devastated by soil erosion, so the twilight became the main means of identification. But in fact, the objective conditions such as geographical location and burial environment have made the situation of ancient jade subject to change. Relatively speaking, the Shang Zhou jade in the Tengzhou area, although some surface erosion is also very serious, but more is the qualitative change of the jade itself instead of the serious surface exposure. This kind of situation is obviously different from the variegated twilight that Gao Gu jade usually shows. It is a jade phenomenon from the inside and the table. It is extremely important for us to study the geographical characteristics and the reference of the Zhou Dynasty. The meaning.

The old gas of the husk and the patina ancient jade is largely determined by the husk and patina of the jade itself. The so-called leather shell refers to the old traces or breath left by the jade in the long-term external environment; while the patina is a distinct and prominent external manifestation. Of course, the husk of the ancient jade is naturally generated, and the factors of the patina are artificial, the former is dignified and the latter is floating. However, due to the differences in geographical conditions, some of the ancient jade unearthed, its husk and patina expression will be very different from our common ancient jade.

The reason is that because the jade itself lacks sufficient external influence in the environment, it forms a delicate appearance of “cultivating in the deep and ignorant”. This tells us that the leather shell and the patina in the traditional sense cannot cover all the conditions of the ancient jade unearthed. That is to say, the "old gas" of the ancient jade cannot be viewed with a rigid concept. Some Shang Zhou jade, although visually can not give people a feeling of radiant light, but its oily, shiny, smooth and shiny luster, apparently branded the ancient times. Therefore, it is not enough to measure the age characteristics and authenticity of a jade with the traditional concept of husk and patina.

The standard pattern of the pattern and the knife and the standard craftsmanship are one of the best basis for the ancient jade. When it comes to the decorative technique of Shang Zhou jade, the outlines of the body are highlighted by means of "hooking", "bas-relief", "subduction", "pressing the ground", etc., and the details are expressed by the yin and yang lines, and the animal shape is represented by a silhouette style. It seems to have been a customary standard of forensicness, but it cannot be narrowed to the existing experience, and the method of carving the Shang and Zhou jade is taken for granted. It is the correct way and method to understand the Shang Zhou jade, scientifically distinguishing the carving method of "the same in the same place" and "the same in the same place".

Material, since the Shang and Zhou dynasties, a large number of Kunlun jade produced in Xinjiang, and the Shang Zhou jade unearthed in Tengzhou have embodied such characteristics in terms of materials. It is necessary to point out that the use of jade in Shang and Zhou jade is not equal to chaos. The jade craftsman strictly follows the principle of “beautiful stone is jade”.

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