Jade Man Face Huang - Liangzhu Culture (3300~2200B.C.)
良渚文化 (3300~2200B.C.)人面紋玉璜
It measured W 4.1 cm x L 7.8 cm x T 0.4 cm and Weighs 24.40 grams
Jade huang ornament possesses a niche in the jade wares unearthed from the Neolithic Age, characterized by large quantity, wide distribution and long duration. Jade huang ornament plays an important role in the ancient jade wares. With the deep research of archaeological relics of the Neolithic Age recent years, jade huang display an ascending tendency both towards quantity and variety. And the academic circle has steered the direction of jade huang research from researching by means of historical documents to interpreting jade huang using archaeological typology, gender archaeology, thus implementing a deep research on the metaphysical meaning of jade huang in the Neolithic Age.
A very similar Jade Man Face Huang is kept by the Museum of Zhèjiāng Province of China.
在新石器時代出土玉器種類中玉璜佔有一席之地，而且出土數量較多，分佈區域較廣，延續時間較長。《說文解字》中：“璜，半璧也”又釋“環，璧也”。玉璜是古代玉器的重要組成部分，到周代更成為為玉禮器中“六器”（璧、琮、圭、琥、璋、璜）之一。並成為“君子無故玉不去身”的“德佩”之核心。《周禮•大宗伯》載曰：“以玉作六器，以禮天地四方。以蒼壁禮天，以黃琮禮地，以青圭禮東方，以赤璋禮南方，以白琥禮西方，以玄璜禮北方。”可見玉璜在古代社會中重要地位。
此人面紋玉璜玉質淺青色，具有透光性，整體作半壁形，中部有凹缺口，兩側各鑽有小圓孔，兩面對稱以透雕和陰綫技法雕琢人面紋。上部兩邊各鑽透空大圓眼，每邊大圓眼上下兩侧鑽小透孔加綫刻勾出眼眶，兩眼對下中間鑽透孔代表鼻子，下面又鑽透空大圓孔，兩邊鑽三角形透孔並且加綫刻以勾出濶嘴。璜表面略呈凹凸，鏤空琢制痕迹清晰，都是先用陰綫勾勒出鑽孔位，再用管鑽法鑽透，然後綫切割法擴濶而成。
資料來源: 中國古玉器圖典---文物出版社2007出版 ，古方主編。(P. 81)
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