On Ancient Kingifsher Jewelries Of Ming And Qing Dynasty

Kingfisher jewelry as a very special type of Chinese tradition craft, with thevery unique material and craftwork that we never seen before. The beautiful bluefeather and metal get together elegantly, the color was fresh and the feather wasgougers, this combination was a big advancement of tradition jewelry, in the meantime it has created one new way of human ornaments. Kingfisher jewelry waspopular in Ming and Qing Dynasty, it not only has a value in art beauty but alsohas some important information of history and culture of the age. Every pieces ofkingfisher jewelry was a mark of the wisdom of human, and reflect a decorativeepoch.The feather of kingfisher was different from other tradition jewelry stones, thefeather is not easy to get which need to keeping the bird alive when you started toget the feather. Even though that was very inhumane and merciless, it still can’tstop pursuing from the royalty and nobility. So kingfisher jewelry was a reallytreasure in both way of material and artistic, which was unrepeatable.Tradition metal craftwork has a big evolution in Ming and Qing Dynasty,which afforded a possibility to exquisite kingfisher jewelry. That epoch was theend of feudalistic society, also was the germination of capitalism even was short,the country was still the top of the world. The jewelry from Ming and QingDynasty was different from Tang and Song Dynasty which Tang and Song wasprefer gold and silver, but Ming and Qing paid more attention to the vivid colorsof jewelry, which leaded the craftsman searched for a new colorful materials, finalthey decided to use the blue kingfisher feather.Kingfisher jewelry craftwork has gradually died away since1930s, becausethe environment which kingfisher lived has polluted by human, more and morekingfishers had died for the jewelry, so we only have the chance to see thetreasures in museum as a national treasure which untouchables.