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Everyone has seen ancient bronzes, such as ding, Jue, pot, Zun and so on. However, few people have heard of the tiger that recently caused a storm in this city and caused protests from the Chinese mainland government. What the hell is a gun? What's the role? Is it really like the auction house said that only seven survived?

This time, I took a picture of a tiger.

Win is not a mainstream word in the bronze industry. It is very similar to Yi (Yinhe), but it is pointed out that Yi has short feet and long neck. However, there are also short feet, and the term neck length is also vague. How long is it? How short is it? What is neither long nor short? It is undoubtedly slightly unconvincing to distinguish the two only by the length of the neck.

So how did the name "gun" come from? But judging from the inscription on the bronze itself, it seems to be the blessing symbol of the Western Zhou Dynasty in Shaanxi History Museum (above). As far as mainstream opinion is concerned, Kun is actually a kind of Kun. Even though the inscription on Burbank says Kun, everyone is still called Kun. So, to know you, you need to know you.

Western Zhou bronze cup unearthed in Xinyi, Guangdong.

Unfortunately, there are still many unsolved mysteries about the study of qi. It looks like a kettle. After years of research, it is difficult to determine the actual function of this container. It can only be used to hold and pour liquids. The question is, are those liquids water? Is it wine? Or both? According to Shuo Wen Jie Zi, it is used to mix sauce. Modern scholars believe that cups were used to hold wine in Shang Dynasty, but in Zhou Dynasty, they evolved into the purpose of pouring water and cleaning hands in sacrifice.

This time, I took a picture of a tiger.

Cups made of bronze probably ceased to appear after the Han Dynasty, but their shapes changed greatly from Shang Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. From the late Shang Dynasty to the Warring States Period, vessels were generally round, and in a few cases they appeared in the form of animal mixtures.

Plane, stripe, lifting beam and bronze cup | Shaanxi History Museum

There are several different rulers to measure how many guns there are in the world, because guns and guns are still headless cases. According to the auction house, there are only seven fish, five in the museum and two in private hands, including the tiger fish photographed this time and one photographed in Sotheby's more than ten years ago.

Five works in the museum include Ji Liang's father from the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco (above). Note that the classification of the museum is wine vessels-greetings. Even if it is lent to Suzhou Museum, it is also called a museum in mainland China, but it is considered as a museum by British auction houses. It is hard to say that seven bronzes are wrong, just because they have not been solved, but in fact there must be more than this number of similar bronzes.

Yuanmingyuan Ruins

This tiger shrew attracted the attention of Chinese mainland government because it was declared by the bank to belong to Yuanmingyuan. However, the artistic, academic and historical value of this instrument itself is not necessarily proportional to this high profile.

Bronzes with Tiger Gun in Western Zhou Dynasty (Provisional Translation)

Auction House: Canterbury Auction Gallery

Auction Times: Two-day art auction in April. antique

Auction date: 20 18/4/ 1 1.

Batch number: 450

Size: length 35cm height 26cm (height 32cm with seat)

Source: Royal Navy Colonel Harry L Evans (1832- 1883), which has been passed down in the family until now.

Identification:120,000-200,000.

Transaction price: 4 10000.