Detail View: National Palace English: Jadeite bakchoy with grasshoppers
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Work ID:
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M01C00156
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Title:
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Jadeite bakchoy with grasshoppers
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Creation Date:
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Qing Dynasty
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Start Year Date:
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A.D.1644
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End Year Date:
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A.D.1911
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Dynasty:
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63 Qing Dynasty (A.D. 1644~1911)
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Creation Place:
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China
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Measurements:
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Length: 18.7cm; Width: 9.1cm; Thickness: 5.07cm
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Material:
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Jade
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Type:
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Jades and Other Precious Stones
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Subject:
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Vegetable
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Repository:
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The National Palace Museum, Taipei
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Description:
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This jadeite bakchoy originally decorated the Yonghe Palace, where the consort Jin resided in the late Qing Dynasty. Perhaps the jadeite was part of the dowry. One half of the jadeite bakchoy is carved of grayish white jade, and the other half of green jadeite. The jade artisans deftly exploited the variation of jade's natural color to render a naturalistic bakchoy, in which the leaves twist naturally and the veins are distinctive. On the top end, two grasshoppers, conventionally known as "weaving lady" or "guaguaer," crawl on the bakchoy leaves. These insects are noisy and highly reproductive. According to Shijing Zhounan, there is a poem named after grasshopper, and it blesses people to have many descendents. Moreover, Bakchoy symbolizes innocence because of Chinese verbal pun. Hence, carving the insects on the bakchoy allude to having many descendents and being upright.
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ImageV ID:
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M01C00156AS003
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Rights:
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Lee & Lee Communications
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