Meat-Shaped Stone
| Meat-Shaped Stone | |
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| Type | Jasper sculpture |
| Dimensions | H 5.73 cm, W 6.6 cm, D 5.3 cm[1] |
| Location | National Palace Museum, Taipei |
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, which is a popular Chinese way of cooking pork belly. It is part of the collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan. It is not very important to art history, but it is very popular.
The Meat-Shaped Stone has been called the "most famous masterpiece" at the National Palace Museum.[2] It, the Jadeite Cabbage and the Mao Gong Ding are called the Three Treasures of the National Palace Museum. The Three Treasures used to be other works that were not displayed as often, before it was changed to mean the current Three Treasures.[3] It has also been picked by the public as the most important item in the museum's collection.[4]
History[change | change source]
The stone was carved during the Qing dynasty. It was made from banded jasper. The layers of the stone were naturally built over the years. They have various hues.[5]
Gallery[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "肉形石". 國立故宮博物院. Archived from the original on 2014-12-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Leslie Hook. "The Jade Cabbage" Wall Street Journal. 27 July 2007. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
- ↑ 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.
