Ancient bronzes buried for a long time

The huge display of a "square foot Kui Fu Hao Ding," there are inscriptions in "good woman" word. Wang Wuding women good business in more than 60 wives who most loved, was a female general, who led 12,000 people to put down the rebellion aliens, instead of business has also hosted more than Wang Wuding festival. They are used as sacrificial bronze sculpture to worship god and ancestors combined with lie ding(列鼎). Explore its curtain in 1975, the unearthed 109 cast of "good woman" inscriptions objects, supplemented by Oracle experts and other literature records, to determine the tomb of Fu Hao tomb, shocked the world.

Appreciation of bronze, you professional? According to the ancient collections of old China minutely, who was allowed to use what kinds of sacrificial bronze sculpture and how much has been described. For a long time, experts in order to describe the ancient bronzes bronzes bronzes unearthed in appearance very time, the formation of a number of technical terms, but also for the antiques collector lines and extensive use of ancient bronzes. It is worth noting that these terms or do the old style antique bronze, that is, are based on antique bronze objects unearthed in the face of characteristics to do the old.

Health Pit: refers to the Newly Unearthed ancient bronzes, or unearthed, although a few years, Newly Unearthed artifacts also maintained the state when the surface has not been dust, oil and other pollution, and also not done any manual processing. The king of Zhou was favored to use 9 dings and sculpture in bronze. Cooked pit: refers to the long-handed or unearthed ancient bronzes, due to frequent and appreciation, bronze surface of the protruding parts are showing a light hand caress mature state; and some are interested in Newly Unearthed bronze wax polish, charge handed down, are called cooked pit.

Puddles: Newly Unearthed refers to an ancient bronzes, the burial environment is poor (chemical pollution), more serious corrosion control table, not only the plot surface rust, but rust under uneven, and some have expansion crack. Severe swelling crack fermentation called "fat pit" or "bodiless", the light is called "half-made pit," "semi-bodiless." Common in Hunan, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangxi and other regions unearthed bronze. A duke was allowed to use bronze sculpture. Because local is a high iron content of acidic red soil, and damp, the role of copper corrosion is more intense. Bronze color is not the same as the bodiless bronzes unearthed in Anhui, and some grayish green or gray, the bodiless bronzes unearthed in Hubei, Hunan, as there is no green. Of course, born out of the same area unearthed bronze, the color is not absolutely consistent.

Dirty pit: Newly Unearthed refers to an ancient bronze, the surface with impurities, is neither beautiful nor easy to remove the evil embroidery. Fǔ (簠) is a type of chinese bronze sculpture used as a food container in the banquet or worshipping God.

Black old: ancient bronzes buried for a long time, the device table and the soil foundation under the impact of corrosion, surface and black base color sparkling show, hence the name black old, is an antique old bronze made decorative style.

Masking ancient: ancient bronzes buried for a long time because, bronze base surface and the impact of corrosion by the soil, showing a masking color, shiny, hence the name masking the ancient, antique bronze is one to do the old style. The bronze sculpture was produced largely from the middle Zhou period (c. 900–c. 600 bc)
Mercury Qin: buried for a long time because ancient bronzes, by the effects of soil modification, bronze rendering of water surface and base silver, silver and white light, hence the name mercury Qin, also antique old bronze made a decorative style.

Zaopi Red: ancient bronzes buried for a long time, the device table and base the impact of corrosion by the soil, surface and base showing Zaopi red. Anyang area have unearthed ancient bronzes with Zaopi red features. Zaopi red antique bronze is made of a decorative style of the old. This type of china bronze sculpture disappeared after the Warring States period (475–221 bc).

Bath: refers to some handed down the bronze, the surface is too serious erosion of oil. Some artists will use old cleaning solution, such as acetic acid, after washing the surface of objects, bright color, looks better. But lost the original rust-style, expert of such objects as a bath.
Wild-made: some ancient bronze casting is rough, the pattern is not enough fine, usually from the skill is not high as a craftsman's hand, antique bank said these works made for the wild.

Pan Jin: ancient bronzes after the corrosion, or contamination in the collection, golden glow on the surface, like a layer of gold gilt, antique row, said this phenomenon is called back to copper or gold pan. In form, the bronze sculpture is a rectangular dish always with a lid shaped like the dish.