Period:Eastern Zhou dynasty Production date:5thC BC-4thC BC (circa)
Materials:bronze
Technique:cast
Subjects:wrestling/wrestler
Dimensions:Height: 11.50 centimetres
Description:
Bronze figures of two wrestlers. These small, semi-naked figures are arranged in corresponding poses, but facing away from each other. They are shown with knees bent, bottoms out, backs straight, each gripping the other’s right hand, while with their left hands they hold the other’s belt.
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![图片[1]-figure BM-1966-0223.5-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Eastern Zhou dynasty/Bronzes/mid_00220450_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-figure BM-1966-0223.5-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Eastern Zhou dynasty/Bronzes/mid_00171358_001.jpg)
![图片[3]-figure BM-1966-0223.5-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Eastern Zhou dynasty/Bronzes/mid_RRC14610.jpg)
Comments:Blurton, 1997:Apart from tomb figurines, human sculpture was rare in China before the arrival of Buddhism from India. Chinese craftsmen were capable of rendering the human form but most bronze effigies were made as details for decorating larger ritual bronze vessels. For example, men appear in miniature as supports for ritual water basins, food containers, and lamps, or as decoration on door catches or chariot fittings. It is quite likely thai these figures performed a similar function.Wrestling and acrobatics were popular in ancient China, as is clear from the later inclusion of this subject on painted lacquer wares and on moulded tomb bricks.
Materials:bronze
Technique:cast
Subjects:wrestling/wrestler
Dimensions:Height: 11.50 centimetres
Description:
Bronze figures of two wrestlers. These small, semi-naked figures are arranged in corresponding poses, but facing away from each other. They are shown with knees bent, bottoms out, backs straight, each gripping the other’s right hand, while with their left hands they hold the other’s belt.
IMG
Comments:Blurton, 1997:Apart from tomb figurines, human sculpture was rare in China before the arrival of Buddhism from India. Chinese craftsmen were capable of rendering the human form but most bronze effigies were made as details for decorating larger ritual bronze vessels. For example, men appear in miniature as supports for ritual water basins, food containers, and lamps, or as decoration on door catches or chariot fittings. It is quite likely thai these figures performed a similar function.Wrestling and acrobatics were popular in ancient China, as is clear from the later inclusion of this subject on painted lacquer wares and on moulded tomb bricks.
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