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Chapter 899: No Buddha in the Han Dynasty?

It is not impossible to collect gilt ware as gold ware. After all, if it is well preserved and the gilt ware looks golden, isn't it gold ware?

Although the piece of copper francium in front of me is not a gold ware, but was made with gilt techniques, it is definitely a treasure, even more valuable than many pure gold ware.

Francium is used as a wine vessel. "Shuowen·Jinbu": "Frankenium, Fang Zhong also."

This type of utensil first appeared in the middle of the Warring States period, and became an important ritual vessel in the Warring States and Qin and Han Dynasties, with a wide range of distribution.

"Finally, something has changed. There are actually gilt bronze wares here. I don't know where the real bronze wares are hidden?"

With so many artifacts here, Chen Wenzhe couldn't use backtracking one by one to track down other hidden treasures.

Anyway, he wasn't in a hurry, he checked slowly and patiently, and he would always find all the treasures here.

Chen Wenzhe was very satisfied with the discovery of a heavy gilt bronze francium.

If such a treasure appeared in the cultural relics market, it would definitely be earth-shattering.

But here, there are quite a few things of this level.

For example, the two gilt-copper shop heads placed on the side of this gilt-copper francium piece are not small in size, measuring 11.5 centimeters long (including the ring) and 7.6 centimeters wide.

The two shop heads are of the same size and shape, and both are in the form of animal faces with gilt surfaces.

The animal's face is decorated with scales, fat ears, big eyes, eyebrows and beard are rolled up, and there are curly curly hairs around the periphery.

Judging from their size, they should be decorations on lacquered wood.

In front of the pair of copper shop heads, there is also a plate and a basin. .

He didn't take it seriously at first, but when he saw the inscription on the plate, he felt a little strange.

Thinking about it carefully, the words "Zhao Ji Mu Pan" are engraved on it?
Bathing things, and women's bathing things?

This is a gilt copper plate with a height of 15.6 cm and a diameter of 68.5 cm.

The copper plate is open and flat, with a straight belly and a round bottom. The wall is thin, the whole body is gilded, and the surface is plain.

The four characters "Zhao Ji Mupan" are engraved on the abdomen, and the inscription on the body clearly shows that the dish is the bathing utensil of Queen Zhao Ji.

It's a pity that this artifact should not be used by Qin Yiren, that is, Qin Shihuang's mother.

Because this thing should come from the royal family of Chu, that is, the queen of Chu.

At this time, look at the small basin next to it. This thing was called Yinchou in ancient times.

It is 19.5 centimeters high and 45.7 centimeters in diameter, with a silver flat folded edge, a short straight neck, a ring-shaped ear on each side, and a bulging belly with a flat bottom.

On the abdomen is inscribed "The eunuch's family is still bathing and bathing, one stone, one bucket, eight liters, weighing twenty-one catties, ten twenty Zhu, the first emperor".

"Guang Yun" said: "Bronze Cho, a small basin!", "Cho, a warmer."

It can be seen from this that it is a warm water utensil for washing and bathing.

It's true, the things hidden here are not only buried with the king of Chu, but also the funeral objects of the princess of Chu, but I don't know where the golden jade clothes are hidden.

This cave is not small, at least it is much bigger than what he saw and felt at the beginning.

Many places here are filled with things, especially some uneven places, all piles of gold and silver are piled up in piles.

Things are rather messy, usually put together in the same category, large gold and silverware with small jewelry and so on.

There are so many piles, if you don't pack them, it will be very troublesome to search.

Anyway, it will be done sooner or later, and it is not possible to use artificial hands. Chen Wenzhe simply took the wooden planks, nailed them with a few nails, and made a simple wooden box.

First place some large containers that look very strong, and stuff small items into them.

While cleaning things, he also took pictures, and he also recorded the contents of each box to form a table.

If you count it like this, you can also know what you know.

This time, Chen Wenzhe didn't rummage around, and he started cleaning from the entrance of the cave.

Most of the statues are placed at the entrance of the cave, including golden beasts and golden Buddhas.

The most conspicuous thing here is a large row of small and exquisite golden beasts, and these treasures were also the first thing Chen Wenzhe saw.

Therefore, at that time, other things were not specifically checked, after all, there were too many gold utensils here.

Now after cleaning it carefully, I found that there are quite a lot of treasures here.

Not to mention the golden beast, just talking about the golden Buddha, this one is different.

One of them is a standing statue of Sakyamuni, wearing a shoulder-length cassock, with a total height of 10.5 cm; the other is a golden five Buddha statues, with a total height of 15.8 cm, and five sitting Buddhas are embossed on the front.

The topknot, face, clothing, and clothing pattern of the Buddha statues all have the typical Gandhara statue style.

After holding it in his hands, Chen Wenzhe confirmed that the two Buddha statues were all cast in pure gold, and the production process was fan casting.

Seeing these two golden Buddhas, Chen Wenzhe felt a little bit emotional, isn't this also an epoch-making thing?

Up to now, many people still think that there was no Golden Buddha in the Han Dynasty, which is wrong!

Previously, it was generally believed that independent Buddha statues embodying religious beliefs did not appear until the Sixteen Kingdoms period.

The Buddha statues unearthed before have already advanced the age of the gold and bronze Buddha statues unearthed in domestic archaeology to the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

The pair of Buddha statues in front of Chen Wenzhe are not big in size, but the whole body is made of gold.

These two golden Buddha statues are relics of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, because there are inscriptions on them dating from the year, engraved with "November 2th, the first year of Yanxi".

Through these two Buddha statues, it can be determined that Buddhism was introduced into China at the end of the Han Dynasty, which should be accurate.

With these two Buddha statues, we can be sure that there was definitely Buddhism in the Han Dynasty.

With the precious discovery, Chen Wenzhe became more energetic in his work.

He soon discovered that besides the two pure gold Buddha statues, he quickly pulled out two other Buddha statues.

One of the single Buddha statues stands barefoot on a lotus-covered pedestal, wearing a shoulder-length cassock, with the left hand bent at the elbow and raised up, holding a corner of the cassock. The raised right hand is slightly disabled, but the handprint can still be recognized as the fearless mudra;

The other one is composed of five sitting Buddhas. The Buddha statues are all sitting on the lotus pedestal with their legs crossed, with their hands folded and their palms facing up to form a meditation seal. There is a peach-shaped headlight and backlight behind them.

The two Buddha statues are made of bronze and are relatively small in size, measuring [-] and [-] centimeters in height respectively, and they are in the form of flakes.

Looking at the craftsmanship, it should also be made by the fan casting method.

There is also a button cast on the back of the standing Buddha statue. In practical terms, it may be attached to other objects.

In other words, this is not a complete device!

Through some damaged places, Chen Wenzhe judged that this is not a golden Buddha, but a gold and bronze Buddha statue.

The so-called gold and copper Buddha statues refer to Buddha statues made of copper as the main material.

In the early stage, bronze was the main material, but after the Yuan Dynasty, brass, red copper and other materials were common, and some statues were also gilded on the surface of the copper body.

Compared with stone carvings and clay sculptures, there are fewer gold and bronze Buddha statues in the world, and they are generally small in size.

This is mainly because bronze statues can be melted into metal for reuse.

Therefore, in the previous official destruction of Buddhas and wars, many gold and bronze Buddha statues may be completely lost.

(End of this chapter)