Heritage information
◇ Heritage No. :
◇ Collection Name:Jade weight in the form of a bear
◇ Historical date:Western Han dynasty
◇ Collection Size:Length : 20.3 cm width:8.3 cm Height:6.6cm
◇ Collection Source:Excavated at Beidongshan in the 1986
Introduction of cultural relics
This weight in the
form of a bear was carved form a picec pf grey-green jade stone. It dipicts a
crouching bear resting on its front paws with a collar around its neck,
suggesting it was a tamed aninal. The details of the bear , including the tail
and ruff,are incised with fine lines. Judging from the stone and bronze lion
weight found in Shizishan, a stone tiger weight from the tomb at Jushan in
Pizhou and this jade bear from the tomb at Beidongshan, the keeping of exotic
wild animals in captivity was popular among the King of Chu.