H008 Beast Head Cicada Jade Sculpture

Beast Head Cicada Jade Sculpture

H008 Beast Head Cicada Jade Sculpture
H008 Beast Head Cicada Jade Sculpture
H008 Beast Head Cicada Jade Sculpture
H008 Beast Head Cicada Jade Sculpture

H008 Beasthead Cicada Jade Sculpture (Six Dynasties,AD 222-589) Height: 15 cm,Width: 6.5 cm
In ancient tombs: there are often many funerary items such as human heads, beasts, birds, fishes, etc. Most of the intentions are to pray for blessings or fight against evil, mainly to pursue good fortune and avoid bad luck. The purpose is same as wearing gangmao, Weng Zhong and sinanpei.

The "Nan Shan Jing" in the "Shan Hai Jing" has a record of mermaids: "It looks like a fish and has a human face."
"Shan Hai Jing. Bei Shan Jing" said: "The leader of the Bei Shan Jing has a human face and a snake body."
Shanhai Jingyun: There are 451 mountains, each of which is guarded by a beast.

It can be seen from the above that during the Six Dynasties, strange animals and birds and their combination were very common. The strange beast head and cicada body is a natural sculpture.

It looks like the head of a beast, has a wide flat mouth, olive-shaped eyes, and the end of the eyes rolls up with a cloud pattern. The strange shape has never been seen before. This is also a unique style of the Six Dynasties. The wings of the cicada body have raised line protrusions; the head at the upper end of the cicada has no texture, and the middle and lower part of the cicada body is carved with a number of radian string patterns, which is a common pattern on the back of the cicada. This large and heavy jade cicada is rare!

It is green jade. The soil on the surface is yellowish, and the bottom is heavily eroded and eroded into small ant holes. The ancient mottled rotten color stained by the soil is unique.