Английская Википедия:Huang (jade)
Шаблон:Italic title A huang (璜) is a Chinese arc-shaped jade artifact that was used as a pendant.[1][2]
Huang arcs were used in a jade pei ornament set (組玉佩),[3] which would be worn from the belt.[4] The pendant set would emit a faint pleasant sound as the wearer walked, in line with the customs of Confucian etiquette.[4] The number of huang arcs in a set of jade pendants is not always the same.[2] It is suggested that the amount in a set may have indicated the social status of the person.[2]
At the ends of a huang, there were often abstract heads of animals carved into the jade. During the Eastern Zhou period, block-shaped tiger-like ends were often used in the huang, but these would develop into more-abstract notches.[1]
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Huang with interlocked dragon design, Western Zhou period, housed in the Shanghai Museum
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Huang, Western Zhou period, housed in the Art Institute of Chicago
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Huang with two dragon heads, Warring States period, housed in the Shanghai Museum
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Huang and two other pendants from green jade, Western Han period, housed in the Guimet Museum
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A jade pei ornament set combines jade artifacts in a variety of ways. This one, from the Tang dynasty, includes a pair of symmetrical huang arcs.
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References
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Rawson, Jessica (2002). Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing. Art Media Resources. pp. 266-267.
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 Rastelli, S., editor (2008). China At the Court of the Emperors: Unknown Masterpieces from Han Tradition to Tang Elegance (25–907). Florence: Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi. p. 301. Cited in Шаблон:Cite web
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