Loss overseas Chinese bronze vessel shoumian Wen back nationalities in Hunan shoumian Wen _ | |-bronze utensils party news

CNS, Changsha, June 5 (reporter Deng Xia)-known as "shoumian Wen King", Fang 罍qi, bronze utensils are about to come back some day, with dishes of Hunan Provincial Museum collections cover shoumian Wen combination. On June 5, the handover of Hunan team leaves for United States, meet the dish Fang 罍qi overseas for almost a century back "home".

Shoumian Wen was popular in the late Shang dynasty to the middle of the spring and Autumn period of China's big holding wine and ritual objects, bronze casting, circles and squares in two ways.

In 1919, unearthed in Taoyuan County, changde, Hunan has so far seen the largest and most beautiful bronze shoumian Wen, known because of its inscription "dish shoumian Wen". The cap height 28.9 cm, cast of "dish tianquan parent Zun Yi" eight-Word inscription, a Wu roof-shaped; 63.6 cm tall, cast "dish as a parent Zun Yi" six-word inscription. Shoumian Wen Yun Lei pattern, decorated animal mask on, Kui dragon tattoo, Phoenix tattoo. Styling, powerful and dignified, collection State Eagles, emboss, line carved all in one, called "shoumian Wen King".

Xinhua learned from Hunan Provincial Museum and plate unearthed shoumian Wen a variety of time and place. Latest finding that cultural relics Department, which was unearthed in 1919 in paddy field village in Taoyuan County Mao Shan Yu, time had been widely unearthed in said year 1922.

Dish after you shoumian Wen unearthed soon separated for various reasons. Covered reservoirs in Hunan Provincial Museum since 1956; the body lie scattered abroad, Christie's auction in New York in 2001, 9.246 million-dollar high, breaking the Chinese bronzes and art auctions in China hitting a record. In 2014, the dish shoumian Wen again at a Christie's auction in New York.

Subsequently, the Hunan Christie's collectors groups to submit joint proposals to purchase dish shoumian Wen, in order to facilitate this bronze, "first one, you shoumian Wen xiang". Christie's with the dish after you shoumian Wen owner communications negotiate before the auction's success. Purchasers also promises, this will never occur again in auction, and ultimately by the Hunan Provincial Museum's permanent collection.

According to the arrangement, on June 12, the Hunan transition working group will be held at Christie's auction house in New York dish Fang 罍qi to the handover ceremony. After returning to China, Hunan dish cover shoumian Wen are seemly ceremony will be held, and fit the dish after shoumian Wen for public exhibition. (End text)

(Original title: loss of overseas Chinese bronze ware shoumian Wen Hunan back "fit")

22:00 on June 05, 2014 China News Network