Really getting the whole rub
China Daily | Updated:2019-01-03A piece of Jia Wenzhong's whole-shape rubbing that features a "pig delivering good luck" to celebrate the upcoming Year of the Pig.
His rubbing of the Boju Ge, which is regarded as one of Jia's representative works, was given to former French president Jacques Chirac as a present by China in 2011.
Boju Ge is an ancient three-legged bronze vessel used for sacrifices that was unearthed in Beijing in 1974 that dates to the Western Zhou Dynasty (c.11th century-771 BC).
In recent years, Jia has also been devoted to the inheritance and promotion of whole-shape rubbing, including training younger generations to perform the almost-lost technique.