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Stealing curve patterns are very adaptable and can be changed randomly, and can be decorated on various parts of utensils. Decorations composed of stealing curve patterns generally do not engrave the ground pattern of cloud and thunder patterns.

Abstract patterns, which are popular at the same time as stealing curved patterns, also include heavy ring patterns and vertical scale patterns.

The heavy ring patterns are mostly oblong and circular images, and the continuous row is used as a decorative belt, which is applied to the rim or ring foot of the utensil.

The vertical scales are like the scales of aquatic animals, which are arranged in a staggered arrangement on the water vessel.

This kind of decoration first appeared in the Western Zhou Dynasty, prevailed in the middle and late Western Zhou Dynasty, and was still used in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Therefore, through the evolution process of this kind of ornamentation, we can roughly infer which era the work is from.

In the photo, this piece of copper scorpion with a curved pattern is 28.5 cm long, 24 cm wide, 16 cm high and weighs 4.66 kg.

The whole is rectangular, with a straight mouth and a slanted abdominal wall. The body and cover are rectangular bucket-shaped, with a deep abdomen, four animal heads and half ring ears, and rectangular ring feet.

The top of the cover and the ring foot are decorated with stealing curve patterns, the cover and body are decorated with Kui dragon patterns, and the mouth edge is decorated with deformed cloud patterns.

The cover and body are the same size, symmetrical up and down, and can be snapped together, or the cover can be turned upside down to form two vessels.

During the Western Zhou Dynasty, some traditional wine vessels originated from the Shang Dynasty were greatly reduced.

At the same time, all kinds of food utensils have achieved unprecedented development in terms of quantity and shape.

These food utensils are regular in shape, delicate in pattern, and the casting technology is quite mature.

"Book of Rites · Music Book" records: "簠guizudou, institutional articles, and ritual tools."

Therefore, the appearance of this kind of copper scorpion with stealing and curved patterns not only increased the types of bronze wares in the Western Zhou Dynasty, but also had very important significance for the study of the history, ritual system and social life of the Zhou Dynasty.

While flipping through the photos, Chen Wenzhe sighed with emotion.

The type of device that can be photographed is not easy!
For example, a small pony looks very simple in shape, but Chen Wenzhe knows that it is a pony statue.

Since it is a statue, there is a high probability that it is a wine container.

Looking at the shape of the device, it should be a work in the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

It is 32.4 centimeters high and 34 centimeters long. It has a cover, with circular scroll patterns on the belly, 94 characters on the chest, and 11 characters inscribed inside the cover.

Unexpectedly, this time the inscription is so clear, and it seems to have been translated?

Looking at the photo and translating it, the inscription roughly reads: On Jiashen Day in October of a certain year of Zhou Wang, Zhou Wang performed the ceremony of holding a horse for the first time in [厈攵] (place name).

The King of Zhou personally bestowed upon you two horses, and after worshiping them, he praised the King of Zhou for not forgetting the boy of the old sect, and for enabling himself to enjoy such a great honor.

Praise Zhou Xianwang for laying a great foundation and protecting the clan for thousands of years.

In order to praise the virtues of the king of Zhou, he commemorated this favor by commemorating the favor of Dazhong (Taizhong) Yi.

It was unearthed at the same time as the Ufang Yi and other utensils, and they all belong to the same utensils, and the time is also very close.

The "holding horse" in the inscription of the utensil should be a kind of ceremony.

In ancient times, kings had a system of testing and herding simple animals. The inscription on Juzun said that the king of Zhou personally participated in the ceremony of holding the horse, which shows that the ancient times attached great importance to horse administration.

In ancient times, the price of horses was very high, as recorded in the inscriptions on the tripod.

Five slaves first came to "a horse to tie silk". Even in the early Han Dynasty, according to "Historical Records: Biography of Huoying", the price of horses was higher than that of people.

Horses were so precious at that time, no wonder the King of Zhou valued them so much.

"Zhou Li School People" records: "Spring Festival Ma Zu Zhiju".

According to this, the ceremony of carrying the horse is in spring, but the inscription on Ju Zun said that the ceremony of holding the horse is at the end of autumn and early winter, which proves that Zhou people performed the ceremony of holding the horse in both spring and autumn.

Yuju Zun is undoubtedly an important document for the study of horse politics in the Western Zhou Dynasty and the history of animal husbandry in ancient my country.

Of course, this is the historical value. In addition to the historical value, the artistic value of this work is definitely not low.

Except for the round swirl pattern on one side of the abdomen, the whole body of the horse statue is completely realistic, depicting a vivid and lifelike image of a horse.

Its childish eyes are curiously observing the world around it.

The erected ears seemed to be listening to something attentively.

From the inscription on the cover of the horse statue and another cover of the horse statue found in the belly of the horse statue, it can be seen that there are two pieces of the horse statue made by Yu.

This coincides with the number of horses given to Yu by the King of Zhou in the inscription of the Juzun.

The image of the horse statue should be the true image of the horse horse given by King Zhou.

Its intention is the same as that of Tang Taizong engraving "Six Horses of Zhaoling" in front of Zhaoling.

Works as realistic and vivid as Yuju Zun are very rare in Shang and Zhou bronzes, so they are extremely precious.

"This is the only one?" Chen Wenzhe couldn't help asking.

The stall owner didn't have much to say, so he sent another album.

Chen Wenzhe was a little speechless. Could it be that their family can support a huge museum, and the level is definitely not low?
Taking a look at the photo album, this time it is not a simple utensil, but like a tomb.

No, these are grave pits, and the archaeological site is really formal, and the serial numbers are even marked on the photos.

For example, the first page just opened is the first tomb excavated.

Judging from the surrounding people, the age is indeed a bit old. It seems that their family said that it was excavated a hundred years ago, so it should be no problem.

After a little digging, Chen Wenzhe discovered that they found many large tombs, but among them, tombs No. 3 and No. 4 are the most important.

Tomb No. 3 and No. 4 are located in the north of the site. The two tombs are adjacent to each other and have similar shapes and structures.

There are a number of niches on the east, west and north sides of the tomb wall, and a large number of bronze containers are placed in them.

This phenomenon of digging a large number of niches on the tomb wall to place bronze wares is very special.

It is completely different from the Shang Dynasty and Western Zhou Dynasty tombs excavated in the past, where the burial custom of placing bronze vessels on the second-story platform is completely different.

In addition, a large number of well-preserved bronze vessels were unearthed from these two tombs.

Judging from the placement of these utensils, they were consciously placed in groups in different niches, which may have something to do with their original usage.

从随葬品上看，3号墓中铜礼器31件，4号墓则有50件，但3号墓随葬铜礼器种类较4号墓丰富。

The biggest difference between these two tombs is that there are a large number of weapons, chariots and horses and tools buried in tomb No. 3.

But in the No. 4 tomb, there are no such artifacts at all.

After all, Chen Wenzhe also has a lot of knowledge about ancient tombs, so he knows very well that this has something to do with the gender of the tomb owner.

Based on this, he can judge that the owner of tomb No. 3 should be male, and the owner of tomb No. 4 should be female.

After a little inspection, Chen Wenzhe was sure that this was a group of tombs from the Western Zhou Dynasty.

Since the tombs are in groups, it means that there is a group of ancient kingdoms with an orderly inheritance and a long existence.

The main problem now is their core ethnicity and age.

Looking at the photos one by one, Chen Wenzhe found that the unearthed bronzes are divided into two systems.

One is the business system, and the other is the local system, that is, the Zhou system.