Bronze nose button with square pattern print

[Bronze Nose Button Bifang Pattern Print]

Bronze Nose Button Bifang Pattern Print, Eastern Han Dynasty, with a diameter of 2.0 cm and a height of 1.0 cm
Printed copper cast, nose button. The printed surface is embossed with bird pattern. The bird has a small head and a sharp beak, a long neck that is twisted, a strong foot, two wings that are waving, gorgeous feathers and strange shapes
The Book of Mountains and Seas · The Book of Western Hills records that the mountain of Ezedoary does not grow vegetation and produces jade. There is a bird in the mountain, “it looks like a crane, has one foot, has red text, green texture and white beak, and is called Bifang”. It is said that the name of this bird derives from its singing voice, “Bifang”, and the place where it appears will produce a strange fire
The printing body of this print is very special. The printing table is hollow with a hollow coil snake. Bifang bird has a close relationship with snake. It is said that the Yellow Emperor ordered ghosts and gods to ride on the top of Mount Taishan at the beginning, that is, “six snake dragons and Bifang rule together”. There are few seals of the Han Dynasty with the same content reflected by the matching of the button and the printed surface. This seal not only shows the popular myth at that time, but also shows the exquisite casting technology and design level of the Han seal.

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