The Barlow Collection
A select catalogue of the Barlow collection of Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes and Jades by the University of Sussex (published Sussex, 2006).
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Disc with dragon holding a lingzhi in its mouth
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Literature notes
This piece is copying an archaic jade disc with a relief dragon, as they are known from the Han dynasty (206 BC–AD 220), but the dragon is not rendered in the archaic style, nor is the lingzhi an archaic motif.
The piece is made of opaque pale green stone with brown patches. It has the form of a circular disc with a central hole, with a dragon in high relief on one side. The dragon, with large head, thin body, rudimentary limbs and a long bushy tail, holds a lingzhi (longevity fungus) in its mouth. On the reverse the disc is carved in low relief with a band of archaistic scroll motifs and dots, surrounded by a thin rope border and another band of scroll motifs and dots, grouped in oval panels, with a thin diaper pattern filling the spaces between. -
Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1911 - 1930
- Material and technique
- jade, with carved decoration
- Dimensions
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1.5 cm (height)
10 cm (diameter)
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- Technique index
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.24
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Further reading
University of Sussex, and Arts and Humanities Research Council, The Barlow Collection, supervised by Regina Krahl, Maurice Howard, and Aiden Leeves (Sussex: University of Sussex, 2006), no. J9
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Publications online
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The Barlow Collection
This piece is copying an archaic jade disc with a relief dragon, as they are known from the Han dynasty (206 BC–AD 220), but the dragon is not rendered in the archaic style, nor is the lingzhi an archaic motif.
The piece is made of opaque pale green stone with brown patches. It has the form of a circular disc with a central hole, with a dragon in high relief on one side. The dragon, with large head, thin body, rudimentary limbs and a long bushy tail, holds a lingzhi (longevity fungus) in its mouth. On the reverse the disc is carved in low relief with a band of archaistic scroll motifs and dots, surrounded by a thin rope border and another band of scroll motifs and dots, grouped in oval panels, with a thin diaper pattern filling the spaces between.
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