Why some small ancient jade, in the auction of Hong Kong Guardian can auction more than 4 million high prices, ancient jade is small but valuable, I personally summarize and analyze the following seven aspects of the reason, we see if this is the truth.
The first is that although the object is small, but the background of the use of ancient jade has changed, because several small pieces of high ancient jade auctioned in Hong Kong are all from the Spring and Autumn period, we all know that the Spring and Autumn Warring States Period is actually from the Wu jade stage, which is what we call the divine jade stage, has entered the Wang Yu stage, after the changes in the Shang Zhou Period, the jade is from the altar has come down to become a special tool worn by the ruler, in the past it was used for sacrifice to the heavens and is now used by officials at the level of the king. Then after its identity has changed, it is impossible to hang large pieces of jade, such as jade pig dragon, jade S dragon and other things like the previous one, including things like jade and jade bi, which are unlikely to appear on the body, but can only be found in the process of burial and burial in some tombs, and the shape of jade bi and jade and other ceremonial instruments will be found, like the jade of the carry-on accessories, it is impossible to make such a large instrument, one is inconvenient to carry, and the other is that its function has mainly changed. That's the first reason for it.
The second reason is that its use of the group has also changed, we know that in the Wuyu period is the divine jade stage, the main use of jade personnel are generally wizards, wizards he is a psychic person, they use mainly in order to let the gods communicate with him, it is said that holding jade in the prayer for heaven can get the help of the gods, to the Wang Jade stage when it is mainly used as a component of the accessories, become the decoration of their own body, It no longer has some other additional functions and functions that communicate with the gods, as an accessory is very important is its decorativeness, and these two pieces of jade we see the small jade beads, including the parrot of the jade are directly pierced through the heavenly hole, it is used as an accessory, the obvious function is that its use group has changed.
The third point is that the ancient jade we are talking about is limited by materials, we all know that in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties from the Shang Dynasty began to use Hetian jade, until the Spring and Autumn Warring Han Dynasty these years of use of the process, from the Western Regions Passage to the Central Plains inland, then the logistics and transportation is still very difficult, not as very convenient as now, so the jade collection including the supply of jade raw materials is relatively very very precious, like this small piece of goods on the one hand because of the material transportation is more difficult, On the other hand, the most important reason is that it is not made of natural small materials, generally it is made of large jade scraps, directly according to the shape of its materials for grinding, on the one hand, it also reflects a practice of the ancients to spare materials, on the other hand, it also tells us the preciousness of jade materials in that period.
The fourth reason is that from the small pieces of jade we can see the means of process processing, has appeared a significant improvement, no longer like the ancient Neolithic period is just a simple grinding and puddling process, it has a more advanced bronze after the emergence of iron tools, jade grinding process manufacturing process has been greatly improved, especially in the Spring and Autumn Period in the iron top, grinding tools appeared, jade processing level has also been effectively improved, and the jade grinding on the smaller the thing, The more difficult it was to grind, so this was also a further effective embodiment of the social productivity at that time.
The fifth point is the small piece of ancient jade it wears and uses the environment changes, the early jade wear is a large artifact, with one piece or hand one, so in the tomb of the Red Mountain we see that the excavated wizards do not have so many jade objects at the same time in a tomb, and the appearance of small pieces of jade is actually from the Western Zhou Dynasty, in the group pendant it has a lot of various materials made of group pendant, there are jade-shaped silkworms in the middle, including agate carved beads, some small animals carved in turquoise, Including some small animals carved with amber, it is a small accessory in a combination, these small accessories form a complete configuration of the overall accessories on the body, the small jade in the middle of the small size, but the position occupied is very important, it is also an important embodiment of the wearer's identity at that time, so these things are small but the background behind it is indeed very deep.
The sixth point is now a more sensitive topic, jade is different from other metal utensils, jade in the customs X-ray inspection machine is very easy to pass, the smaller the more convenient things, made into a small mobile phone pendant, or made into a small necklace, earrings hanging on the body, through the security check is not ringing, these small things sometimes the function it undertakes is not only for the convenience of carrying, other functions are too sensitive I will not say that everyone to experience.
The seventh reason is a little similar to the sixth, but also the pressure of currency depreciation in the change of the social environment, resulting in the rapid upgrading of cash substitutes, in the process of cash substitute upgrades, there must be some people who will choose some utensils with good materials, small materials, easy to carry, convenient to transfer, in the choice of these items, jade can stand out from the top I think it is a very good phenomenon, we do not use small jade to judge with grams, because jade is not the same as gold, never use grams to weigh it, although selling new jade, Selling seed material has some such adjectives, but in fact, the real value of a piece of jade is still related to its historical age and its cultural value, so the high price of a small jade can only show that we all return to traditional culture, and the importance of history and culture is further strengthened, with the importance and strengthening of traditional culture, with our gradual understanding of traditional jade culture, the price of small ancient jade may be further recognized by the market.