Ornament, Chinese art, Chinese, Ming 1368–1644, Ming style, bosses, lotuses, headgear, cranes iconography, ornaments. The ornament presents a complex three-dimensional form: a scene by a lotus pond with four cranes standing in natural poses between and beneath densely growing lotuses. The scene was based on an ornament created by thirteenth-century craftsmen during the Yuan era. Mongolian nobility wore wide-brimmed hats with jade bosses on the top. However, Ming society was moving away from the foreign fashion of the Yuan period, so wearing this type of headgear was abandoned, but jade ornaments remained in use and were applied to vessels as a decorative element due to their high material and craft value. Early 17th century, China; clothing, varia. Dimensions: height 3.65 cm, width 3.2 cm, depth 2.5 cm., A small pale creamy-white carved object sits centered on a smooth light-gray surface with a darker gray gradient background; the carving features an openwork design with organic curved...
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Ornament, Chinese art, Chinese, Ming 1368–1644, Ming style, bosses, lotuses, headgear, cranes iconography, ornaments. The ornament presents a complex three-dimensional form: a scene by a lotus pond with four cranes standing in natural poses between and beneath densely growing lotuses. The scene was based on an ornament created by thirteenth-century craftsmen during the Yuan era. Mongolian nobility wore wide-brimmed hats with jade bosses on the top. However, Ming society was moving away from the foreign fashion of the Yuan period, so wearing this type of headgear was abandoned, but jade ornaments remained in use and were applied to vessels as a decorative element due to their high material and craft value. Early 17th century, China; clothing, varia. Dimensions: height 3.65 cm, width 3.2 cm, depth 2.5 cm., A small pale creamy-white carved object sits centered on a smooth light-gray surface with a darker gray gradient background; the carving features an openwork design with organic curved shapes resembling leaves and branches and a few rounded forms, casting a soft shadow on the surface.

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Ornament Chinese art Chinese Ming 1368–1644 Ming style bosses lotuses headgear cranes iconography ornaments ornament presents complex three-dimensional form scene lotus pond four cranes standing natural poses beneath densely growing was based ornament created thirteenth-century craftsmen Yuan era Mongolian nobility wore wide-brimmed hats jade bosses top Ming society moving away foreign fashion Yuan period wearing type abandoned jade ornaments remained applied vessels decorative element due high material craft value Early 17th century China clothing varia Dimensions height 3.65 cm width 3.2 cm depth 2.5 cm small pale creamy-white carved object sits centered smooth light-gray surface darker gray gradient background carving features openwork design organic curved shapes resembling leaves branches rounded forms casting soft shadow surface.

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