What are the famous vessels in bronze ware?

Bronze ware mainly refers to objects made of copper-tin alloy in the pre-Qin period, which is referred to as "bronze ware" for short. Including cookers, food containers, wine containers, water containers, musical instruments, chariots and horses ornaments, bronze mirrors, hooks, weapons, tools and weights and measures. Popular in the late Neolithic period to the Qin and Han dynasties, Shang and Zhou artifacts are the most exquisite. Gadgets or decorations appear first. There were bronze containers and weapons in the Xia Dynasty. In the middle of Shang Dynasty, the varieties of bronzes were very rich, with inscriptions and exquisite patterns. From the late Shang Dynasty to the early Western Zhou Dynasty, the development of bronzes reached its peak. Let's take a look at the famous bronzes.

Musvudine

Simu Wuding is a bronze Fang Ding used for royal sacrifice in the late Shang Dynasty (about16th century BC to1th century BC). It was unearthed in the farmland of a family in Wuguan Village, Anyang City, Henan Province on March 1939. Named after the word "Simuwu" written on the abdomen, it is now in the National Museum of China. Simuwu Ding is tall and heavy, also known as Simuwu Dafang Ding, with a height of 133cm, a mouth length of 1 10cm, a mouth width of 79 cm and a weight of 832.84kg.. It has a rectangular abdomen with two straight ears at the top and four cylindrical tripod feet at the bottom. This is the heaviest bronze found in China. This tripod was cast by Zu Geng or Zujia of Shang Dynasty as a sacrifice to his mother.

Siyang fangzun

In ancient Chinese bronzes, many objects attract people's attention with their unique shapes, and the Four Sheep Square Zun is one of them. Its shape is a combination of dynamic and static, majestic and beautiful, which can be described as ingenious. Zun's four-shouldered, four-bellied and four-circled feet are designed as four big-rolled-horn sheep, which adds variety and highlights the sense of majesty in tranquility. The intersection of the four corners of the square statue and the center line of each side is a long ridge, which is used to cover up the improper decorative patterns that may appear when the square statue is combined. At the same time, it is also used to improve the monotonicity of the corners of objects and enhance the momentum of modeling.

Mao-Ding Gong

Artifacts from the late Western Zhou Dynasty. Daoguang was born in Qishan County, Shaanxi Province in the last year. Named after the manufacturer Mao Gong (factory sound). Straight ears, hemispherical abdomen, short hoof-shaped feet, and heavy ring lines along the mouth. The inscription, with 32 lines and 499 words, is the longest inscription in existence: a complete title. * * * Five paragraphs: First, the situation is restless at this time; Secondly, Xuan Wang ordered Mao Gong to govern the country and the outside; Thirdly, Mao Gong was given the exclusive right to announce the king's orders, emphasizing orders without Mao Gong's consent, so Mao Gong could predict that ministers would not follow them; Fourth, words of warning and encouragement; Fifth, reward and praise. It is an important historical material for studying the political history of the late Western Zhou Dynasty.

Dake tripod

Dakeding was a famous heavy weapon in the late Western Zhou Dynasty. It was unearthed in Rencun Village, Famen Temple, Fufeng, Shaanxi during Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty. Ducktin is huge, with a height of 93. 1 cm and a weight of 20 1.5 kg. The mouth edge is decorated with animal face lines, and the abdomen is decorated with smooth wave lines. There are 290 inscriptions on the inner wall of the abdomen, with neat fonts and round strokes. There is a positive line in front of the inscription 14, and the grid is removed when the pattern is made at the back. The inscription is thick and simple with a pen, vigorous and vigorous, and the pen body stretches straight. Although it is a round pen, it also has its majestic posture. Dakeding was unearthed in the heyday of epigraphy and epigraphy calligraphy in the late Qing Dynasty, so its inscription calligraphy was highly respected at that time.

Lotus crane square pot

Henan Museum and Beijing Palace Museum each have a lotus crane square pot. These two lotus crane square pots were originally a pair. Their huge shapes, elegant curves, pure green craftsmanship and exquisite ornamentation, especially the crane standing upright in the top lotus petals, are fresh and meaningful, which makes the world marvel. However, the discovery, collection and spread of Lotus Crane Square Pot has a tortuous and legendary experience, and behind the square pot, it also contains rich historical knowledge and cultural connotation.

Bells in the Warring States Period

/kloc-in the summer of 0/978, it was unearthed in the tomb of Zeng Houyi of Leigudun in the early Warring States Period in Sui County, Hubei Province (now Suizhou City, Hubei Province). This is a percussion instrument, which was used for offering sacrifices and entertaining guests in ancient ancestral temples. The complete set of chimes includes 19 chimes, 45 chimes and 65 chimes donated by Chu Huiwang, with a total weight of more than 2,500 kilograms. The chimes are divided into 8 groups according to the order of size and pitch, and hung on the three-layer bell rack of copper and wood structure. More than 2,800 words of seal script inscriptions were cast on the clock, which fully reflected the high level and temperament of China music in the Warring States period.

Changxin palace lantern

Bronzes of Han Dynasty in China. 1968 was unearthed in the tomb of Dou Wan, the wife of Liu Sheng, the king of Zhongshan Jing, Mancheng County, Hebei Province. The lamp body of the palace lantern is a gilded maid-in-waiting, sitting with the lamp in both hands, with an elegant expression. The lamp body is 48 cm high and weighs 15.85 kg. Palace lanterns are cleverly designed. Maid-in-waiting holds a lamp in one hand and a sleeve in the other to suck oil smoke like a rainbow tube, which not only prevents air pollution but also has aesthetic value. This palace lantern was once placed in Changxin Palace in Dou Taihou (Liu Sheng's grandmother), hence its name. Now in Hebei Provincial Museum.

Riding car

Mata Yan Fei, also known as Malone Chaoque and Tongmaben, is a bronze ware of the Eastern Han Dynasty, which was discovered in Leitai Tomb in Wuwei, Gansu Province on 1969. Zhang, a military general guarding Zhangye in the Eastern Han Dynasty, was buried with his wife in this mausoleum, which is now located in the Gansu Provincial Museum. The galloping horse is 34.5cm high, 45cm long and 13cm wide. The image is vigorous and handsome, with unique charm. The horse hisses with its head held high, its trunk is strong, its limbs are slender, its legs and hooves are flexible, its three feet fly forward and one foot flies to the ground. A huge horse stepped on the back of a flying sparrow, and the sparrow looked back in surprise, showing the majestic posture of the horse soaring and running at full speed.