DIA200mm, China
The pendant of this necklace is the partridge, “Chun”, the Chinese believes that this special bird comes from the same family as the Phoenix. Looking at the video … its probably a very very distant cousin …
The “Chun” first made its name in the Warring State period as a gourmet dish, by the Tang dyansty it is used in bird fighting. It made its name by the Sung dynasty as a popular subject for painting. One might wonder with its physique managed a place in the subject of the art world. It has to do with the word “Chun” sounds like “An” which means peace, ease and together with the other elements in the painting symbolizes longevity, settle, etc. The subject matter extended from Sung dyansty all the way to the Qing dynasty.
Mountain Folkcraft 