23 septembre 2023
Locust, Western Zhou dynasty, 10th–9th century BC
Locust, Western Zhou dynasty, 10th–9th century BC. Jade, height 4 cm, width 2,6 cm. National Gallery of Prague, Vp 2441. Jade was used in ancient China to make not only small figurines, pendants and ornaments but, in the first place, special ritual objects...