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Jade cicada
Jade cicada, funerary object, which included carved ornamental pieces such as these and plugs to block nine body apertures, were buried with the deceased during the early imperial period. It is said that this custom was observed because they would prevent the corpse from decaying. Han Dynasty..
Author: Michael Freeman
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Photo size: 24.4 Mpixels (69.8 MB uncompressed) - 6048x4032 pixels (20.2x13.4 in / 51.2x34.1 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: Things Chinese, object, ornament, China, Chinese, imperial period, Han Dynasty, carving, funerary object, cicada, jade cicada, jade
Published in: CHINESE, Things Chinese
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