Period:Jin (1115–1234)–Yuan (1271–1368) dynasty Date:12th–14th century Culture:China Medium:Jade (nephrite) Dimensions:1 7/8 × 2 5/8 × 1/2 in. (4.8 × 6.7 × 1.3 cm) Classification:Jade Credit Line:Purchase, Florence and Herbert Irving Gift, 1991 Accession Number:1991.483 This carved jade belt slide shows a small falcon hunting a wild goose amid lotus flowers. The motif symbolizes the spring hunting of the Jurchens, a seminomadic people who lived beyond China’s Great Wall in the northeast. Known as chunshui (spring water) in historical texts, the hunt was an important ritual that the Jurchens practiced year after year, and Manchu royalty continued it during the Qing dynasty (1644–1911).
Period:Jin (1115–1234)–Yuan (1271–1368) dynasty Date:12th–14th century Culture:China Medium:Jade (nephrite) Dimensions:1 7/8 × 2 5/8 × 1/2 in. (4.8 × 6.7 × 1.3 cm) Classification:Jade Credit Line:Purchase, Florence and Herbert Irving Gift, 1991 Accession Number:1991.483 This carved jade belt slide shows a small falcon hunting a wild goose amid lotus flowers. The motif symbolizes the spring hunting of the Jurchens, a seminomadic people who lived beyond China’s Great Wall in the northeast. Known as chunshui (spring water) in historical texts, the hunt was an important ritual that the Jurchens practiced year after year, and Manchu royalty continued it during the Qing dynasty (1644–1911).