Five-ring pot with lid inlaid with red copper elephant pattern

[Pot with five rings and lid inlaid with red copper elephant pattern]

Pot with five rings and lid inlaid with red copper elephant pattern, in the early Warring States Period, with a height of 52 cm and a caliber of 14 × 12 cm, abdominal diameter 37 cm
It is a large wine container with straight mouth, thick neck, bulging belly, large shape, flat cover and ring button. There is a tie ring on the front of the pot body, and two symmetrical pairs of tie rings are cast on both sides of the shoulder and the lower part of the abdomen. Due to its huge size, it will be difficult to move if it is full of wine plus its own weight, so a tie ring is designed to wear the rope for easy carrying
The neck of this pot uses a shallow relief technique to cast a protruding image pattern, which is simple and abstract, and shows the main characteristics of the elephant through its huge body and long, curly nose. The belly of the pot is decorated with a dragon pattern inlaid with red copper. The manufacturing process of inlaid red copper is quite complex. When casting, grooves are reserved on the body surface, and then red copper is injected. In this method of casting, the metal ratio and the control of the burning temperature must be accurate and require high skills
The Book of Songs · Daya · Hanyi said: “There are hundreds of bottles of sake”, and the inscription of Shuji Liangfu’s pot said: “Use to hold wine”, which clearly indicated that the pot was used to hold wine.

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