Chapter eight hundred and ninety-three different gold bricks
Of course, Chen Wenzhe definitely couldn't take a closer look at the jade pillow unearthed in China.
But Chen Wenzhe could see the jade pillow in the photo in front of him more clearly.
He must have taken more than one photo of this baby.
A few photos were taken, and it can be said that all its features were captured.
Chen Wenzhe found a frontal photo. Viewed from the front, the jade pieces on the front of the jade pillow are decorated with gold foil, and a pair of first-name rings are decorated in the middle.
The two sides are inlaid with jade-shaped pieces, and the middle is also decorated with a title ring.
Each of the four corners is supported by a dragon-shaped copper foot, and double horns grow out of the dragon's head, marking the initial establishment of the true dragon shape.
The base is gilt, surrounded by a copper frame, and there is a dragon-shaped hollow pattern in the middle.
In addition, some copper pillows from the Han Dynasty are inlaid with rectangular jade plates, such as those found in Han tombs in Mancheng, Hebei.
When I swipe my phone, the next photo is of a jade pillow with a gilt copper frame.
Jade pillows of this level must belong to princes, and it is impossible for each prince to be buried with two.
In fact, if you want to prove whether they were buried with princes, just look at the jewelry they were buried with.
After swiping the phone, the next photo showed a piece of gilt bronze jewelry, which was more than 18 centimeters in diameter.
In that cave, Chen Wenzhe saw at least 5 pieces of gilt bronze ornaments.
These bi-shaped copper ornaments are round in shape, with a gilt surface and a slightly bulging round surface in the center.
The decoration outside the center is divided into two areas, the inner area is composed of two symmetrical Kui dragons, and the outer area is composed of four symmetrical Kui dragons.
The bi-shaped copper ornament I took the photo has small square buttons on the back, and some buttons have "two" and "seven" inscriptions next to them.
There is no pattern on the back of these bi-shaped copper ornaments, and the numbers cast on the square buttons are not only two, seven, but also the word "five".
Since the buttonhole was too large, it was filled with tin to make the hole smaller.
Judging from the shape of the gilt bi-shaped copper ornaments, they should be a combination of jade bis and rivets inlaid on the jade lacquer coffin. As a substitute for the jade bis, they became the ornaments on the jade lacquer coffin.
This will definitely solve the problems of expensive jade materials, lack of resources, and time-consuming and labor-intensive processing of jade bis.
The specifications of jade bis are very high, but these are biscuit-shaped copper ornaments, not jade bis, so the specifications are a little lower.
Until now, Chen Wenzhe has not discovered the jade clothes with gold threads, and he does not know how many royal tombs there are. However, even if the princes, princes and grandsons can be decorated with bi-shaped copper decorations, they will definitely be buried with many objects.
When he had nothing to do during the day, Chen Wenzhe hid in his study and studied the photos he had taken, mainly studying jade pillows.
Because a jade pillow, as long as it is of high specification, represents a king's tomb, or the queen's tomb.
If you are lucky, you may get two gold-lined jade clothes from the tomb of such a couple.
And high-grade jade pillows are really not uncommon.
For example, the jade pillow with a gilt bronze frame, the previous one had a tiger-shaped pattern, so its grade is definitely not as high as the one with a dragon-shaped pattern.
After studying the whole day, Chen Wenzhe discovered that among the photos he took, there was indeed a rectangular box-shaped jade pillow, which was composed of four dragon-shaped legs and a base.
The dragon's head is high, its front paws are upright, the dragon's body and tail are intersecting and cast at the bottom of the pillow frame, and the frame of the pillow frame is engraved with slender cirrus patterns.
The pillow body is composed of wooden core, decorative jade pieces, gilt copper components, gold foil, etc., and is placed on the pillow frame.
However, the wooden core in the middle of the pillow has decayed. It should have been rectangular in shape originally, with a layer of silk or cloth covering the core.
There are 2 dragon-shaped jade pieces and 6 small jade pieces inlaid on the top surface. The dragon-shaped jade pieces are decorated with negative lines and scroll patterns, and some places are hollowed out.
The two end faces are each composed of three jade pieces and a gilt copper head.
In the center is a semi-circular jade piece, which is modified from a grain-patterned jade bi.
And the jade is not simple, this must be the jade from the Warring States Period!
This thing, even in ancient times, was a treasure. It is very normal for a treasure from the Warring States Period to be acquired by the nobles of the Han Dynasty, used for transformation and then buried with it.
And the Warring States jade articles on this jade pillow are really not one or two pieces.
Looking at the jade pillow in front of me, in the middle of its outer side is a gilt rectangular copper frame, inlaid with 4 jade pieces and 2 copper pavement heads with animal head rings.
The gilt copper head is an animal head holding ring, which is placed in the center of the semicircular jade piece.
The inner side is composed of 8 jade pieces, the middle jade piece is decorated with grain patterns, and there is a small round hole in the center of the arch.
Based on its shape, it can be judged that the jade piece may have been modified from a dragon-shaped jade pendant or jade huang.
With just a little recognition, Chen Wenzhe recognized that the dragon-shaped jade pendant and jade huang were from the Warring States period, because the Warring States craftsmanship and patterns on them were too obvious.
In the Han Dynasty, Taoist thought and the concept of the immortal soul were prevalent. The copper frame on the outer surface of the jade pillow should be a symbol of a door frame in real life, and may be a doorway specially set up for the soul of the deceased to enter and exit.
The outside of the pillow body is also decorated with gold foil. The whole jade pillow has a unique shape. The dragon pattern and the four dragons on the pillow frame are full of movement. The pillow body and pillow frame are fixed with rivets and can be disassembled and assembled at any time. It is unique.
The pillow frame and copper ornaments are all gilded, and the pillow is also decorated with gold foil, making it look extremely luxurious.
It can be said that this is the most luxurious and complex shape among the jade pillows that Chen Wenzhe has seen so far.
In this photo, in addition to the jade pillow, there are also jade masks, jade lings, saucer-shaped jade pendants, jade hoists and other jade artifacts unearthed.
The appearance of these artifacts indicates that the tomb owner had a high social status during his lifetime.
Needless to say, this jade pillow and its surrounding items must have come from the same tomb of King Chu!
There are so many bits and pieces, many of which are not easy to transport, so you must organize and pack them!
Fortunately, he is also in the lumber business now. In this case, it is easy to get some wood chips. When the time comes, he can nail it with nails and it will be a simple wooden box.
After suffering all day, at night, the manor finally closed its door, and Chen Wenzhe and others entered the passage again.
This time Gao Qijing and the others did not follow Chen Wenzhe, but stayed in the gold brick cave outside, sorting out the gold bricks.
This is the easiest wealth to transport away, so naturally it must be taken away first.
The main reason is that there are too many gold bricks. If we don't pay close attention, over time, we may be exposed.
"Boss, we found that some of the gold bricks here are different!"
"It's different?" Chen Wenzhe stopped and asked, "What's the difference?"
"They should not be gold bricks from the same period. Although they look similar in size, their weights are different. Many of them are obviously heavier!"
Chen Wenzhe became interested. Didn't all these gold bricks come from Han tombs?
He had actually suspected this for a long time, mainly because there were not many simple storage of gold bricks in Han tombs.
Even if the nobles were buried with gold, they would be made into gold and silver vessels instead of simply buried with gold bricks.
If gold bricks from other periods were mixed in, it would be normal for more than 100 tons of gold to appear here.
"That's it!" Soon, Gao Qijing brought over a gold brick.
Just by looking at it, Chen Wenzhe could tell that this was really not a Han Dynasty gold brick.