(0816) China - Dian Culture - Western Han Period - Stone Elements

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Beautiful serie of Dian stone elements, to make ear pendants. Probably belonging to the middle of the Western Han period (150 - 50 BCE). Nephrite stone.

Please look at the the catalogue of the exhibition "Bronze from Dian Kingdom, Yunnan China (6th century / 1st century BCE)", 1986 - 1987, page 92, pic. 52, you can find the same elements in two series of 14 pieces each, to make ear pendents. Found in Shizhaishan (Jinning) Necropolis.

Size:   from 22mm. x 18mm. up to 25mm. x 20mm.

The Dian Kingdom was established by the Dian people, who lived around Dian lake in northern Yunnan, China from the late Spring and Autumn period until the Eastern Han dynasty.. The Dian buried their dead in vertical pit graves. The Dian like spoke Tibeto-Burman languages. Dian was annexed by the Han dynasty during the southward expansion of Han dynasty. In 109 BCE, Han campaigns against Dian led to the establishment of the Yizhou commandery by the Han. The Dian were first mentioned historically in Sima Quian's "Records of the Grand Historia"; according to Chinese sources, General Zhuang Quiao of Chu was the founder of the Dian Kingdom. Sent to conquer the "barbarians peoples" of the area, he and his army were prevented from going back to Chu by enemy armies, so he settled down and became king of the new Dian Kingdom. The soldiers who accompanied him married natives.

The kingdom was located around Kunming; it was surrounded on its east by the Yelang tribes, to the west by Kunming tribes, and to the north in Chengdu by the Han Chinese, and had relations with all of them.

It is said that during the reign of King Qinxiang of Chu (298-236 BCE), a military force was sent on a mission to the lands of the Ba and Shu (modern Sichuan), Qinzong (Guizhou), and the Dian Kingdom (Kunming, Yunnan). Native women married the Chu soldiers, who stayed in the area.

The Dian were subjugated by the Han under the reign of Emperor Wu of Han in 109 BCE. The Dian King willingly received the Chinese invasion in the hopes of assistance against rival tribes. It was at this time he received his seal from the Chinese, and became a tributary.

Han campaigns against Dian lead to its territory being incorporated into Yizhou Commandery (modern Sichuan) but left the king of Dian as local ruler until a rebellion during the rule of Emperor Zhao of Han. The Han proceeded with colonization and conquered the people of Kunming in 86 and 82 BCE, reaching Burma.

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  • Condition: Very Good Condition.
  • Age: Pre-1800
  • Primary Material: Stone
  • Material: Nephrite Stone
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Provenance: China
  • Country/Region of Origin: China

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