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| Meat-Shaped Stone | |
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| Artist | Unknown |
| Year | 19th century[1] |
| Medium | Jasper |
| Dimensions | H 5.73 cm, W 6.6 cm, D 5.3 cm[2] |
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The Meat-Shaped Stone (Chinese: 肉形石; pinyin: ròuxíngshí) is a piece of jasper carved into the shape of a piece of Dongpo pork, a Chinese way of cooking pork belly. After the retreat of the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan, it is in the collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan.
The Meat-Shaped Stone, along with the Jadeite Cabbage and the Mao Gong Ding, is called one of the Three Treasures of the National Palace Museum.[3] It has also been chosen by the public as the most important item in the museum's entire collection.[4]
History
[edit]The stone was carved during the Qing dynasty from banded jasper. The layers of the stone accumulated naturally over the years, exhibiting various shades of hues.[5]
Gallery
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Dongpo pork, the dish the stone depicts
On display in the National Palace Museum, 2025
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Patowary, Kaushik. "Meat-Shaped Stone And Jadeite Cabbage". www.amusingplanet.com.
- ↑ "肉形石". 國立故宮博物院. 25 April 2012. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ 倪再沁 (2007). "神畫的形塑—論故宮三寶".
- ↑ Sam Ju. "The Crystallization of the Jadeite Cabbage." Archived 2016-08-15 at the Wayback Machine Translated by David Smith. Taiwan Panorama. October 2009. p. 83. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
- ↑ "Meat-Shaped Stone". National Palace Museum.
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