Weight in the shape of an auspicious animal, Han dynasty (206 BCE

Image Number:C1A000721N000000000PAC
DYNASTY:Han dynamics
Category:Bronzes
Function:Stationery, stationery
Mat Serial:Mineral/metal/bronze
Description:
, Make a tiger like crouching, turn the tail around the inner side of the abdomen to the spine and turn outward, and a line of yin in the middle of the nape bends Sui shaped; Put your front feet together, and your eyes are alert. A disc base is attached to the bottom of the utensil, which is cast together with the utensil body. The center of the bottom is filled with lead to increase weight and is suitable for pressing objects. The surface is gilded with green spots. “Chu Ci, Nine Songs, Xiang Jun”: “White jade is the town.” Wang Yi of the Eastern Han Dynasty noted that “White jade is the town to sit at the table.” Before the tables and chairs were widely used, people could only sit on the mat, and the four corners of the mat should have something to suppress, so as to avoid blowing and lifting. There are often four groups of bronze beast towns unearthed in the tombs of the Warring States Period and the Han Dynasty, which have the function of seat town. After the Song Dynasty, scholars often used it as a paperweight. It was recorded on page 18 and 16 of Volume B of the Western Qing Dynasty Continuation Book. It was written as “Tang Rui Beast Book Town I”. The Qing Palace was equipped with a wooden seat