This is an exquisite cow-shaped copper lamp, compared with the early copper lamp, more reasonable design, more exquisite production. In addition to the general copper lamp smoke conduit device, the It was unearthed in 1980 in Ganquan Tomb No. 2, Ganjiang County, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, during the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Height 46.2 cm, length 36.4 cm
It was unearthed in 1980 in Ganquan Tomb No. 2, Ganjiang County, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, during the Eastern Han Dynasty.
The bronze ox lamp is not only beautifully designed, but also made with the color of two different materials, copper and silver, to form a perfect match of colors. Bronze ox lamp body smooth, exquisite craftsmanship, the overall pattern using flowing clouds, triangular pattern, spiral pattern for the ground, decorated with dragons, phoenixes, tigers, deer and a variety of birds and beasts and other motifs, smooth lines, elegant and elegant, is the Han Dynasty bronze lamps and lanterns in the perfect combination of utility and art of the best works.
The lamp is assembled from three parts: the lamp base, the lamp and the pipe. All three parts of it can be disassembled, and it is quite convenient to use and scrub. The lamp base is a standing head down, double horns up, four feet short and solid, tail curled upward, majestic and strong bull. Cow hollow belly, backed by a round lamp plate, lamp plate set on one side of the flat handle, easy to turn the lamp plate, the plate decorated with two pieces of flexible lampshade can be rotated, one of which is carved hollow rhombus diagonal checkered pattern, play a role in heat dissipation, blocking the wind and dimming. Lampshade tightly dome-shaped cover, cover the top of the uniformly curved pipe and the top of the bull's head above the protruding short tube tightly socketed. When the lamp is lit, the smoke and dust produced are channeled through the smoke pipe into the water in the belly of the lamp base to be dissolved, thus ensuring fresh indoor air.
