Antique bronze bull-shaped gong bronze ware sacrifice bull gong inscription Shang and Zhou bull-shaped sacrificial sacrificial bottle antique

China is a traditional agricultural country. As early as the "Bronze Age" of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, wine and wine utensils have been highly valued and popular, and have become an indispensable cultural carrier that reflects the ancient ritual order and sacrificial ceremonies. Among all kinds of bronze ritual vessels and wine vessels, Zun, also known as bottle, is one of the large and medium-sized bronze wine vessels. Sacrifice, the animal of the ancestral temple", usually refers to the livestock used for sacrifice. In ancient times, cows were one of the sacrificed livestock, and together with sheep and hogs, they were called "three animals". Therefore, the cow and sheep-shaped statues in ancient utensils were called "sacrifice statues". Some experts believe that it should be called sacrificial gong. The Shang Dynasty bronze ox gong (gōng) is a wine vessel. Because it is used to hold wine, it is usually shaped with an opening on the back to hold the wine, and a flow on the mouth to pour the wine, and the interior is connected. The shape of the device is very clever. The cover and the body are combined into a cow shape, the cover is the head of the cow, the back is decorated with standing tiger and fish-like patterns, and the abdomen is decorated with phoenix patterns, dragon patterns, animal face patterns and other patterns all over the body. the same as the real thing. The plane and three-dimensional are integrated, and the workmanship is fine. The craftsmen use different techniques such as die casting, mis-embedding, welding, etc., and the structure of the whole decoration is complex, showing the unique style of the late Shang Dynasty. Art treasures of great aesthetic value and cultural and archaeological value. PS If you want to buy, please private message to discuss what kind of logistics to use, thank you! https://youtu.be/FnH9qfWDwcA