Miniature jade pig

This miniature jade pig was a precious grave gift buried with a high-ranking person in China. One pig was placed in each hand of the deceased, and other jade amulets were placed elsewhere on and in the body..

This figure of a crouching pig is made of whitish-green jade, with a red-brown marking.

During the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220), high status people were buried in elaborate house-like tombs, surrounded by precious possessions for the afterlife. Jade was believed to preserve bodies from decomposition; hence the elaborate Han jade burial suits

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Online ID:	000-100-104-657-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland A.1938.387
Date:	206 BC - AD 220 Between 206 BC and 220 AD
Material:	White jade with reddish-brown marking
Dimensions:	34 mm H x 132 mm L x 27 mm W
What:	Figure / pig, burial
Subject:	Jade
Who:	K.C. Wong Collection
Where:	China
Event:
Description:	Stylised "burial pig" of white jade with a reddish brown marking: China, Han Dynasty, 206 BC - AD 220
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