A040 Jade Eagle Horseshoe

A040 Jade Eagle Horseshoe  (Late Period of Hongshan Culture)
(Height: 14.30cm; upper port diameter: 8.30 to 11.00cm; Lower port diameter: 5.55 to 5.96cm; 

Jade Eagle: Height: 7.03cm, Width: 7.03cm)

Green and yellow jade, thick grayish white, thick yellow, light blue, and more transparent. The body is oval-shaped and cylindrical, with the upper part and the lower part being small, the upper end being a ramp-shaped mouth, the lower port being flush, and the whole body being an inverted horseshoe shape.
There is a “Xia” (owl) embossed on the upper part of the upper oblique mouth, and the rest of the body is very smooth and shiny. There are small holes on the sides of the lower end, which can be worn.
The jade-carved horseshoe has been found many times in the Hongshan Cultural Relics, but all of them have no texture and no attachments. These horseshoe-shaped devices, if the aperture is larger, can be put on the wrist as arm protectors.
In addition: there are two holes at the bottom of the device for hanging, a light click can make a crisp sound, or it can be used as a musical instrument.

Horseshoe-shaped device: It is a cylindrical device that is large and small, and it can also be used as a sacrifice device for heaven and earth. The sky is larger than the earth, so the port is large. And this device outlines the raptor eagle at the high end of the slope, or indicates that the tribe's totem is the eagle's logo. It may be out of this consciousness that the eagle was carved out. (As in the Book of Songs. Mysterious Birds: "Destiny Mysterious Birds, born of the Shang Dynasty." It is clearly pointed out that the ancestors of the Shang clan were born of mysterious birds, which is evidence that the businessmen worship bird totems.)
In the Neolithic Age, the Tiger Totem clan appeared (Yin Shangwu Ding's dictation is evidenced by the "Tiger Fang").
This device is estimated to belong to the ceremonial jade of the tribe in ancient times, it is a necessary fetish for religious witchcraft belief activities, and it is the spiritual pillar for people to worship ghosts and gods, and courtesy.
Take a comprehensive look at this device: the carving is exquisite, the Qin color has a strong ancient flavor, smooth and moist, simple and magnificent, the ancient and magnificent, the shape of the arc is beautiful, the flow is beautiful, the eagle is extraordinary; it contains a very extensive ancient cultural spirit Unparalleled in the world! Sincerely the glory of the Chinese nation!