in china , the kirikane technique is found in two statues of bosatsu (bodhisattva ) in northern qi period (550 to 577 ) (owned by qingzhou museum in shandong province ): for one of them , it is used in the motif of a double-line kikkomon (hexagonal pattern ) in which a tortoise is drawn , and the motif which two patterns of plant with three leaves are arranged one above the other in a vertically long kikkomon in its mosuso (hem of pants ), and for the other , in the boundary line between green pattern with white circle and red pattern with white circle in its mo (long pleated skirts ). 中国では北斉時代（550-577）の菩薩像２体（山東省・青州博物館蔵）に截金が見られ、一方は二重の亀甲文の中に亀を描いたものと、裳裾に縦長の亀甲文の中に３枚の葉をもった植物文を上下に重ねた文様に、もう一方は裳に緑と赤に白い丸文を描いた文様の区画の境界線に截金が使われている。
