Bronze beast button divine beast pattern print-China Archive

[Bronze Beast Button Divine Beast Pattern Print]

Bronze Beast Button Divine Beast Pattern Print, Eastern Han Dynasty, with a diameter of 2.7 cm and a height of 1.5 cm
Printed copper cast, animal button. The printed surface has a concave cast pattern to represent two divine beasts, big and small. The big man has a human face and a horse body, with two feathers on the head and wings on the back; The small one stands sideways, attached to the big one. The two animals look lovely
The Book of Mountains and Seas · The Book of Western Mountains records that the mythical beast named Yingzhao is responsible for the control of the mountains of the Huai River. “Its shape is horse body and human face, tiger text and bird wings, and it is partial to the world, and its voice is like a pomegranate”. It is also responsible for conveying the order of the Emperor of Heaven.
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