L010. Akiyama Pine Deer Round Ornament

L010.  Akiyama Pine Deer Round Ornament ( Jin Dynasty, AD 1115-1234)Diameter: 5.10cm,Thickness: 1.28cm This white jade hollow carved Akiyama jade: In the mountain forest is covered with pine forest, there are three zhiguan deer, while they are leisurely foraging, the mouth of a small zhiguan deer on the upper right is facing a fairy grass, the one on the left in the middle and the one on the bottom are Looking back at the Zhiguan Deer, his mouth was also resting comfortably in the leaves foraging.
The back of this round carving is carved with a delicate twisted wire ring pattern, and the back is plain without texture.
The Jin Dynasty and the Song Dynasty have long-term contacts. The antique style prevailed in the Song Dynasty, especially for the Spring and Autumn and Warring States patterns. This twisted loop was very famous in the Warring States Period!
Therefore, the twisted silk ring of this device, when it was influenced by the Song Dynasty, passed to the Jin Kingdom, which also proves that the ancient jade was called "Tang innovation, Song Mogu". It also shows that in the long-term contacts with the Han nationality, Liao and Jin continued to accept the advanced Han culture and gradually integrated.

This white jade autumn mountain jade round ornament: from the serene foraging of the Zhiguan deer, it shows that the Liao and Jin jadewares are focused on expressing the inner world of the object. The ornamentation can accurately carry out detailed scoring, delicate and exquisite, real and natural. Therefore, it is more appropriate to summarize the characteristics of jade articles in this period by "both form and spirit". This is beyond the reach of later jadeware. This device is an example.