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Chapter 1842 Containing Rites in Vessels, Important Vessels of the Country

The dodecahedron ranges in size from about the size of a golf ball to a little bigger than a baseball.

Each has 12 equally sized faces, each with a hole of a different diameter.

Moreover, the objects themselves are hollow.

By the mid-19th century, as more were found, these objects were known to archaeologists as dodecahedrons.

Today, they are displayed in dozens of museums and archaeological collections throughout Europe.

Although little is known about them, their explanatory labels tend to be brief.

What's more, they don't have a written record.

Historians have found no written record of the dodecahedron in any historical sources.

This void has encouraged dozens of competing, and sometimes colorful, theories about its purpose.

From flag ornaments to candlesticks to props used in magic.

In an era when metal objects were expensive and difficult to manufacture, their apparent craftsmanship prompted many researchers to consider them valuable.

This view is supported by the fact that several have been found in stashes with Roman-era coins, but that still doesn't explain why they were made.

In the 19th century, some antiquarians supported the theory that the dodecahedron was a weapon.

They think it may have been the head of a mace (a heavy-headed club), or a metal bullet used to hold a sling.

But as other scholars have since pointed out, even the largest dodecahedrons are too light to do much damage.

Also, Roman soldiers typically used their catapults to fire solid lead balls—not looking like intricate hollow dodecahedrons.

Weapons aren't the only useful items in warfare, however.

Physicists at the Polytechnic University of Turin in Italy believe that the dodecahedron was used by the Roman army as a kind of range finder.

No matter which kind of guess it is, no one has been able to confirm it until now, and these guesses are correct.

Roman dodecahedrons are still being discovered today, and more may be discovered in the future.

But until someone also finds an instruction manual, the speculation remains unconfirmed.

In fact, these foreign things are at best considered as novelties, just look at them for a while.

The most attractive thing to Chen Wenzhe is the domestic bronze wares.

For example, the ten most expensive bronzes in China he saw later, of course, these are all transaction records.

What should a strong man do? Susi is sad for bronze.

Since ancient times, bronze ware has been regarded as "the most important weapon of the country".

Since the Song Dynasty, there has been a collection of bronze wares.

From the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China period, due to social turmoil, many handed down bronze wares were scattered overseas.

Therefore, most of the world's high-end bronze wares are concentrated in some countries such as Europe and the United States.

In the New York Sotheby's "Chinese Art Treasures" sale held on September 20, 9, the much-anticipated Warring States Bronze Inlaid Gold and Silver Inlaid Glazed Milk Nail Pattern Square Pot led the audience.

After several rounds of bidding, the lot soared all the way to 700 million US dollars, and finally sold for 830.7 million US dollars, successfully advancing to the top 6 bronze auctions in the world.

This is the latest auction chance, so what are the ten most expensive bronze heavy vessels in the world?
This time Chen Wenzhe saw it, and it can be said that everything is not simple.

Among the 10 most expensive bronze wares in the world, the 10th is a bronze square Yi.

This is a bronze square Yi in the late Shang Dynasty, 28.5cm high, with a transaction price of 333 million US dollars.

The ninth is the bronze Tianstrider Father Geng Fang Ding, something from the late Shang Dynasty/early Western Zhou Dynasty, with a transaction price of 239 million pounds.

This piece was auctioned in [-]. At that time, the pound was still lower than the dollar, so it ranked ninth.

If it is placed now, the price is really hard to say.

The eighth piece is the bronze Xi You, something from the late Shang Dynasty, which was sold for 2530 million yuan.

The seventh is a bronze animal face pattern "Er Ding" You, late Shang Dynasty, sold for 3795 million Hong Kong dollars.

The sixth is a square pot with bronze inlaid with gold and silver inlaid with glass and milk nail pattern, which is the one mentioned earlier.

The fifth is the bronze sheep cup, something from the late Shang Dynasty, with a transaction price of 2712 million US dollars.

The price of the fourth and the fifth is the same, both are 2712 million US dollars.

It was a bronze taotie vase from the late Shang Dynasty.

The third is the bronze Xijiapan, which I mentioned earlier, is a bronze ware made in the 5th year of King Xuan of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

The transaction price of this is very high, and the final transaction price is 2.1275 million yuan.

No.2 is a bronze Taotie pattern square statue unearthed in Anyang in the late Shang Dynasty.

The second is the bronze taotie-pattern fangfu, something from the late Shang Dynasty, which is now the world's number one. Of course, due to the change of the exchange rate, it is a bit inaccurate.

Anyway, the top three can be said to be the number one in the world, which is roughly the case.

But this time, Chen Wenzhe saw such an expensive bronze ware once.

Although I know that these are high imitations, but the imitation is really good, especially its old-fashioned craftsmanship, it is not fake at all.

Even Chen Wenzhe took a look and couldn't see any obvious flaws, which is very powerful.

Of course, these are really nothing, because they are too famous.

Next, Chen Wenzhe saw a lot of funny bronze wares.

Among them are steering wheels and lunch boxes. He has not only seen these before, but also bought one.

Bronze ware was called "gold" or "auspicious gold" in ancient times, among which the bronze ware of Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties was the most outstanding.

However, there were still relatively few bronze wares in the Xia Dynasty, and bronze wares were widely used in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties.

There are also many bronze wares that we are familiar with, such as Houmuwu Ding, Siyang Square Zun, He Zun, Maogong Ding, etc., all of which are important items in the country.

The so-called "rituals are hidden in the utensils", bronze ware is a ritual system and a symbol of rank.

Therefore, the bronze ware has always given us the feeling of solemnity and solemnity. In fact, many bronze ware have taken another route.

For example, the "Dahe Fang Ding with Human Face Pattern", something from the late Shang Dynasty, it is 38.5 cm high and weighs 12.85 kg.

Ancient tripods were both square and round, and square tripods are rare.

There is a human face around the abdomen of this tripod. The human face is broad, thick lips, and high cheekbones. It seems to be the image of a woman, solemn and humorous.

This tripod was unearthed in Zhaizi Mountain, Huangcun Village, Ningxiang County, Nanhu Province in 1959, and was unintentionally dug up by local farmers.

It was broken into several pieces and sold to the scrap yard, and later recovered and restored by old experts in the museum.

There is an inscription "Dahe" on the inner wall of the tripod, hence the name.

This tripod is the only tripod in the world that casts a human face, and it can be called the most "face" bronze square tripod.

In order to ensure the safety of cultural relics, it is forbidden to go abroad (border) for exhibition.

Then there is the human-faced dragon pattern 盉, in the late Shang Dynasty, which is now in the collection of the Ugly Freer Art Museum.

This bronze vessel is 18.5 cm high and 20.8 cm wide.

The image of Shrek probably refers to the shape of this bronze vessel, right?Because the two are so similar.

(End of this chapter)