Symbols of wealth and power in the art of Bohai and Jurchen population
The article deals with objects of fine and decorative art of Bohai and Jurchen population as socio-political and property markers. The complexes of prestige items were picked out and the conditions when they can be considered, as symbols of wealth and power are determined. First of all, items of decorative art are indicators of the individual property status of a person. At the same time, the important components of this indicator are the cost of the material, the quality of the items, their quantity within one object (burial or dwelling), diversity. The person's significance in the political life of the society was reflected in monumental burial complexes. During his life, the function of individual signs of high social status was performed by items made of expensive materials and with high artistic skill. The power symbol of the political elite as a social group was the temple and palace architecture.