Friday, May 18, 2012

Bronze sculpture: Shaped Lamp of Han Dynasty

From the construction of lanterns is evident as early as the Han Dynasty, China's working people had been aware of environmental problems, for thousands of years earlier than the West. The other day, the earliest bronze sculpture ding in the archaeological discoveries is the ding in the early Shang unearthed in the Erlitou site of Yanshi, Henan province. From the optical point of view, adjust brightness, have mastered a brief adjustment method, and now the lighting used method of adjusting resistance to change the size of the current strength of the method to change the lamp shade, although different principle, however, the Han people has been opened out of our precedent today.

It is again the beauty and harmony and the unity of practical and scientific up, called a masterpiece. Also to add, I had also seen a kind of different views of their works, that lanterns are Desublimers (camphor sublimation, the sublimation of iodine and other objects can be used), rather than the fuel control, this view appears to be very correct, would have, want to determine it is light or sublimation device rather difficult. Si Mu Wu Ding, a piece of bronze sculpture, resurrected in Yin Ruins of Anyang in 1939 is the masterpiece of Shang Yin. Oil smoke can rise along the pipe, camphor vapor may rise along the pipe. Placed under the seat in the role of water can have clean, camphor can be placed after the heating. But the top part of the wax residue can tell us, not sublimation proceeds.

This is because the material will sublimate (for example, camphor, iodine, etc.) even put it aside at room temperature will also be volatile and escaping, separated by two thousand years can not in the sublimation device to persist, so I believe that this view can not be established. It weighs up to 875 kilograms, the world’s largest ancient china bronze sculpture. Long letter lanterns as a typical representative of the Han Dynasty bronze lamps, to the scientific and artistic unity, both as a tool to use lighting, there can be as beautiful furnishings, this is the history of ancient Chinese lamps considerable achievement, but also the Han Dynasty in China were outstanding for.

Bronze developed to Qin and Han dynasties, the status becomes important not Shang and Zhou dynasties, it has some of the features are relatively less down, this is because the widespread use of iron, the iron tools and weapons gradually replaced bronze tools and weapons. And by the continued decline of dry ritual and the development of lacquer and porcelain, bronzes have gradually been lacquer ware, porcelain replaced. The decorations on bronze sculpture are beautiful-minded and dignified, of which the dragon and taotie motifs in possession of a primitive force. Nevertheless, the china bronze is still produced in the Qin and Han dynasties, but it has already started to completely change up the everyday life Appliances. Objects characterized by a lightweight, compact, practical, some of the objects has been very beautiful and delicate, but there are a number of bronzes is a plain thick tires.

The main categories of copper Ding, pot, wash, bronze mirrors, hook, seals, symbols section, currency, bucket, iron, Boshan furnace, lights. No matter when the bronze sculpture will convey to you a mystical power and ferocious beauty, a true noble aesthetic feeling. This time round pot called bell-shaped pot is called Wan Fang. Content where the inscriptions are very simple device, mainly artifacts dating, capacity, weight, location, name, and cast bronze workshop and copper bronze mirror above the wash tongue language and so on. Republic of the formation of four bronzes to send private copying. The formation of the Republic of civil bronze copy of Suzhou, Jiangsu, Shandong, Weifang, Xi'an, Beijing, as the representative of the four faction. Antique dealer who will be replicated around the chinese bronze as made in Suzhou, Weixian made, Xian-made, Beijing made.

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