高古玉多为帝王皇家达官贵人用玉，从用料、制作工艺、文化气息上有着厚重深奥的内涵。形成于西周早期天子戴于胸前以示威仪。

Ancient jade is mostly used by the emperor and the royal dignitaries. It has profound connotation from the material, production process and cultural atmosphere. Formed in the early Western Zhou Dynasty, the emperor wore it on his chest to show authority.

高古玉沁色种类凡多，有红沁、朱砂沁、土沁、水沁、金属沁、水银沁等等。所呈现的色彩主要有红色、黄色、黑色、白色、绿色、紫色、蓝色及过渡色。沁色一词是一个笼统的概念，实际上应当是外界化学元素沁入玉中所呈现出的色彩变化和状态特征。色彩是有别于玉质本色的来自于外界的其他色素。非交互状态表现形式为色彩的相对独立性，没有与玉的分子结构产生互变。交互状态表现形式为外来原素与玉内原素产生互变，从而改变玉的本质结构变化，这一过程往往需要很长时间。

There are many kinds of ancient jade color, including red, cinnabar, soil, water, metal, mercury and so on. The main colors are red, yellow, black, white, green, purple, blue and transition colors. The word Qin color is a general concept, in fact should be the external chemical elements in the jade presented by the color changes and state characteristics. The color is different from the natural color of jade from other pigments from the outside world. The form of non-interactive state is the relative independence of color, which does not mutate with the molecular structure of jade. The form of the interactive state is that the external elements change with the internal elements of the jade, so as to change the essential structure of the jade. This process often takes a long time.

本品玉质洁白，大部分受黄褐色沁，形制华丽大气。整体雕刻繁复，深浅均匀，制作精细规整，可见玉师的一番别具匠心，制作时损料颇多且倍加雕工的难度，为汉代高古玉雕的顶尖之作。整件制作精细，纹饰精美，构思巧妙，体现出具有较高的工艺美术价值和审美价值。造型和纹饰都极富动感，为难得佳品。

This product jade quality white, most of the yellow - brown ooze, gorgeous atmosphere shape. The overall carving is complicated, the depth is uniform, and the production is fine and neat. It can be seen that the jade master has a unique craftsmanship. When making, the material is quite damaged and the difficulty of carving is double, which is the top work of the Han Dynasty high ancient jade carving. The whole piece of fine production, exquisite decoration, ingenious design, reflects a higher value of arts and crafts and aesthetic value. Modeling and decoration are very dynamic, for a rare good.