Feast, fishing, hunting, fighting, pattern pot

[Banquet Fishing and Hunting Attack Battle Pattern Pot]

Banquet Fishing and Hunting Attack Battle Pattern Pot, Warring States Period, height 31.6 cm, caliber 10.9 cm, abdominal neck 21.5 cm, weight 3.54 kg
The pot has a large mouth, an oblique shoulder, a bulging belly, a short circle of feet, and two animal heads and ring ears on the shoulder. The pattern is arranged in sections from the mouth to the ring foot. It is divided into two parts with the center of the double paving head ring ear and the front and rear center lines as the boundary, forming a completely symmetrical same picture. From the mouth down to the circle foot, it is divided into four zones by five diagonal moire bands:
The neck of the pot is the first zone, with two layers up and down, and is divided into two groups on the left and right, mainly showing mulberry picking and archery activities. There are five mulberry picking and transporting people on and under the mulberry tree in the mulberry picking group. It shows that women pick mulberry leaves on the mulberry tree, which may reflect the silkworm ceremony performed by the empress. The man in the picture is wearing a corset saber, which seems to be selecting bow material. The four members of the practice group shot under a building in turn, with a Hou in front and a Hou as the target. “Xiaoguangya · Shi Qi”: “Shooting a piece of cloth is called Hou, and the one in the Hou is called Hu…”. What is depicted here should be the scene of archery in ancient times
The second area is located in the upper abdomen of the pot and is divided into two groups of pictures. On the left, there is a group of feasts, music and dances. Seven people toasted on the pavilion. There are two round tripods under the pavilion. The two servants are engaged in cooking. The following is the music and dance part. There are bell chimes hanging on the event hall, and there are drums and tinning beside them. In the picture, three people ring the bell, one strikes the chime, one strikes the drum and tinning with two sticks (drumsticks), and another plays the trumpet-shaped blowing instrument, which shows the lively scene of singing and dancing. The group on the right is a shooting scene. Birds, animals, fish and turtles are flying, standing, or swimming. Four people turn up and shoot with a gun. One person stands on the boat and holds a bow to shoot
The third area is the scene of land and water attack. The first group is the battle of attacking and defending the city on land. The left side of the horizontal line and the vertical line are the defenders, and the right side of the lower side is the attackers along the ladder. The battle is intense and has reached the white-hot level. The other group is the water battle of World War II ships. There are banners and feather flags on the two ships. The front line is clear. One person at the rear of the right ship is beating the drum to help the fight, which is called “marching with noise”. Most of the people on board use long weapons suitable for water warfare. The people on the bow of the second ship are engaged in a white-blade battle. There are fish and turtles swimming under the ship, which means that the ship is in the water, and there are frogmen diving into the water on both sides. Although the battle scene in the painting is limited by the picture and can only be seen in detail, it is vividly portrayed. The soldiers are armed with weapons, their heads are wrapped in scarves, the shooters stand on the left and right, and their bows are stretched; The holder of the dagger should hold it in front and move it back, and his feet should be stable; The climber held his hands high and strode in; The back-attackers hold the contradiction of bow and dagger and climb the ladder bravely; The paddler bends forward and tilts backward, leaning forward and rocking; The diver raised his arms and pedaled his feet to swim vigorously. With extremely rich imagination, the author accurately grasped the characteristic actions of each person in an instant, forming a breathtaking war scene. This area is located in the lower abdomen of the pot, with a wide interface and the most characters in the picture
The fourth area is decorated with hanging leaf patterns, which gives a feeling of thick and steady
The decorative patterns of this pot are rich in connotation and vivid in image, representing some scenes of ancient social life. It is not only an art treasure in China’s bronzes, but also occupies a very important position in the history of art

The Warring States Period

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