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Fashioned more than 4,000 years ago, the purpose and meaning of this small jade is unknown, though its compelling visual power is undeniable: large staring eyes are topped by arched eyebrows and a gaping mouth reveals bared teeth. Scholars have interpreted this face as that of a deity or a priest-shaman, though no written records exist to confirm its identity. Thin raised lines outline the features—a technique difficult to execute as jade is extremely hard and the background needs to be ground down to leave the lines in relief. | Fashioned more than 4,000 years ago, the purpose and meaning of this small jade is unknown, though its compelling visual power is undeniable: large staring eyes are topped by arched eyebrows and a gaping mouth reveals bared teeth. Scholars have interpreted this face as that of a deity or a priest-shaman, though no written records exist to confirm its identity. Thin raised lines outline the features—a technique difficult to execute as jade is extremely hard and the background needs to be ground down to leave the lines in relief. | ||
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[https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/chinese-painting by Maxwell K. Hearn 1/6/08 THE MET] | |||
Consider Night-Shining White by Han Gan ( | |||
1977.78 | |||
), an image of a horse. Originally little more than a foot square, it is now mounted as a handscroll that is twenty feet long as a result of the myriad inscriptions and seals (marks of ownership) that have been added over the centuries, some directly on the painted surface, so that the horse is all but overwhelmed by this enthusiastic display of appreciation. | |||
