Jade Rabbit-shaped Paperweight，a glimpse into Tang Dynasty people’s life

Rabbit culture is long-profound in China, which would date back to the ancient Neolithic Age at the earliest. In Chinese culture, rabbits are considered auspicious animals and have been accompanied with humans for tens of thousands of years. Let's have a look at what cute, dear and lovely rabbits are hidden in Henan Museum!

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Name:Jade Rabbit-shaped Paperweight

Measurements: Length 8.5 cm, Width 4.5 cm, Thickness 0.5 cm

Period: Tang Dynasty (618–907 CE)

Paperweight, which is a tool used to press paper to keep it flat in writing and painting, is evolved from the ancient use for pressing the corners of mats (a kind of household appliance usually made from a material like rope, straw, or rushes, which is used as a floor covering)

With various materials such as copper, jade and stone, paperweights were originally put on the desk by literati to play with. Paperweight could be found since the Southern and Northern Dynasties, jade paperweights appeared in the Han Dynasty and prevailed in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Originally, the literati put on the desk to play with, there are copper, jade, stone and other materials. As a stationery, Yuzhen paper should be used no later than the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Yuzhen paper appeared in the Han Dynasty and prevailed in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

This Paperweight is vivid shaped, carving skills are superb. So that we can intuitively feel that the Tang Dynasty jade carving adhere to the realistic, and pay attention to the expression of the spiritual state, pay attention to the utility of the objects, and more to engender a strong interest in life, showing the Tang Dynasty prosperous and upward wind