Height 5.73 centimeters, width 6.6 centimeters, thickness 5.3 centimeters
In the National Palace Meat-shaped stone and jade cabbage is the National Palace of China's most popular two major cultural relics, so the two things are often placed in a piece of the visitors to appreciate. At first glance, does this piece of flesh-shaped stone look like a mouth-watering piece of fat and thin "Dongpo pork"? Agate minerals in nature, due to the accumulation of a long period of time, at different points in time, the impact of impurities and even the generation of different colors, showing a layer upon layer of different colors, the craftsman who made this piece of flesh-shaped stone, the original rich texture of the stone processing faceted, and the surface of the stone skin coloring, to make this meat skin, fat meat, thin meat layers, pores and texture of the works of realism to show the ___2 Cui Jade The cabbage is made from a piece of half-white and half-green jade, using the natural distribution of color in the jade to carve out a fresh and vibrant cabbage with two small insects resting on the leaves, one a katydid and the other a locust.
The katydid resting on the leaf symbolizes the auspicious meaning of having many children and grandchildren. The cabbage represents innocence, symbolizing the purity of the bride. This piece of jade cabbage is an artifact from the Yonghe Palace, the bedchamber of the late Qing dynasty's Guangxu Emperor's consort, Jinfei, and was originally part of a filigree-enameled flowerpot, and the overall arrangement of the piece signifies auspiciousness, and it is speculated that this piece of jade, which has a vitreous luster, was the Jinfei's dowry.
The main thing is that he is completely carved out using natural jade. You can see the skill of the craftsmen at that time. Craftsmen carved the green parts into vegetable leaves, gray and white parts carved into vegetable gangs, is the National Palace of the town treasure.