Lost treasures dish shoumian Wen from the Changsha customs border clearance kiosks | shoumian Wen King _ news

Xinhuanet, Changsha, June 21 (reporter)-lost for nearly a century, "shoumian Wen King" dish shoumian Wen 21st smooth immigration clearance from the Changsha customs bonded warehouse, return of land in Hunan.

Reporters saw the dish shoumian Wen-gigantic, majestic stately, exquisitely carved, magnificence, worthy of "shoumian Wen Wang" in the title. Museology experts praise dish shoumian Wen is the heyday of the late Shang dynasty bronzes, China representative of fully reflects the heyday of Chinese bronze casting was superb and breathtaking momentum.

According to the arrangement, Hunan on June 28 for the bronze Fang 罍qi's body, a national treasure dish cover fitting ceremony. Fit dish shoumian Wen from Hunan province after the permanent collection of the Museum. Hunan Provincial Museum deputy curator Li Jianmao said dish shoumian Wen's return is a very good case, round and Hu-Xiang wenbo, China, collectors, art dreaming.

On June 12, the transfer working group in Hunan province in the United States with Christie's auction house in New York finished dish shoumian Wen body handover ceremony.

In 1919, the dish unearthed shoumian Wen, Taoyuan County, Hunan province, named for its inscription, which is currently seen in the Shang and Zhou shoumian Wen's biggest one, called "shoumian Wen King". Dish shoumian Wen cover height 28.9 cm, height 63.6 cm. Cover cast have "parent dish tianquan, has been Zun Yi" eight-character inscription, body cast have "parent dish, has been Zun Yi" six-word inscription.

Covered reservoirs in Hunan Provincial Museum since 1956; the body is unearthed after several travel, living abroad, 2001 taking 9.246 million dollars at Christie's in New York prices broke the Chinese bronzes and Chinese art auction the highest record. In March 2014, dish shoumian Wen again at an auction at Christie's in New York.

Collector in Hunan province jointly to the Christie lodge a purchase dish shoumian Wen. Christie's auction was reached after communicating with dish shoumian Wen the owner's success before purchase. Buyer promises this will never occur again in auction, and eventually by the Hunan Provincial Museum permanent collection.

Shoumian Wen is popular in China's late Shang dynasty to the middle of the spring and autumn big holding wine and ritual objects, bronze casting, there are circles and squares in two ways. Whole set engraved, embossed, vertical line carved all in one.

(Edit: SN098)
18:51 on June 21, 2014 Xinhua NET