Introduction to Chinese Bronze, Han Dynasty Elephant Ear Bronze Incense Burner, Customized
With the rise of the Chinese art trading market, bronze wares, as a great discovery in human history, have also begun to set off a worldwide collection boom, and their prices have been soaring, ranging from hundreds of thousands in the early days to now millions or even tens of millions. Especially the bronze wares of the Qin and Han Dynasties in China, because they are one of the carriers of the splendid civilization in ancient China, have a long history and are not easy to preserve.
Chinese bronzes appeared about 4,000 years ago and played a pivotal role in the life and spiritual system of Chinese ancestors. From the large number of unearthed and handed down bronze utensils, it can be seen that the ancient bronze casting technology has developed to a peak in ancient China. From bronze plain utensils to bronze handicrafts, the rarity of bronze materials and the advanced nature of bronze casting technology make it a step by step. China's national treasure. Bronze tripods, incense burners, ritual utensils, wine utensils, etc. endow them with practicality and humanistic color. The aristocratic hierarchy since the Zhou Dynasty, that is, the so-called "rites, music, and conquests come from the emperor" and "national events, in the sacrifice and the army" ", all of them are inextricably linked with bronze culture.
Recently, Shenzhen Tianyuan Culture was fortunate to collect a bronze incense burner with elephant ears from the Han Dynasty. As shown in the picture above, this bronze incense burner is 12cm high and 8cm in diameter. It has a plate mouth, a round belly, a pair of lifelike elephant ears from the neck to both sides, two handles on the top, three legs on the bottom, and animals on both sides. pattern.
This bronze incense burner is a utensil for burning incense in the Han Dynasty. Its shape resembles a bronze tripod in the Qin Dynasty. There are inscriptions and ancient patterns around it. In kind, it has high historical value and collection value.
Chinese bronzes have their own special traditions in the casting process, and the public have the standard method and the lost wax method. From the Shang and Zhou to the Spring and Autumn Period, the standard method was widely used, and each piece of bronze ware produced was unique and had high artistic attainments. After the Han Dynasty, the bronze culture based on the bronze tripod was highly praised by the rulers. Since then, the thousand-year history of Chinese people's collection of bronze wares began.
This Han Dynasty elephant ear bronze incense burner concentrates on the creative ability of the craftsmen of the Han Dynasty to create bronze shapes.
The Han Dynasty bronzes unearthed in modern times are rare, and most of them are collected by the National Museum and private collections of senior collectors for permanent investment. Such a well-preserved bronze incense burner is rarely seen in the domestic and foreign art trading markets. Even if it is stained with rust, it is of infinite value. It is a relatively rare ancient Chinese bronze. Buyers are crazy!
