金/元 玉雕春水紋帶飾, Belt Slide with a Falcon Attacking a Goose, 12th–14th century

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金/元 玉雕春水紋帶飾, Belt Slide with a Falcon Attacking a Goose, Jin (1115–1234)–Yuan (1271–1368) dynasty, 12th–14th century, China, Jade (nephrite), 1 7/8 × 2 5/8 × 1/2 in. ( × × cm), Jade, This carved jade belt slide shows a small falcon hunting a wild goose amid lotus flowers. The motif symbolizes the spring hunting of the Jurchens, a seminomadic people who lived beyond China’s Great Wall in the northeast

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Size: 3027px × 3800px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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