Among the silverware discovered, the most novel one is the covered silver bean in front of Chen Wenzhe. Its cover and belly are both decorated with petal-shaped convex bubbles.
This pattern composed of convex bubbles is very rare in China.
However, it was a common decorative technique on the gold and silverware of the Achaemenid Dynasty in ancient Persia.
This can only show that during the Han Dynasty, these things may have been influenced by the West.
There are also two Western Han Dynasty silver plates here, both of which are decorated with gilt patterns on the belly. These are gold flower silver plates.
The gold flower silver plate is the so-called "enameled silver plate", which became the most important variety of gold and silverware in the Tang Dynasty.
What Chen Wenzhe saw in front of him was enough to show that this technique had already appeared in the Han Dynasty!
In the Han Dynasty, silver plates and silver bowls were not uncommon, but in the Qin Dynasty, they were more rare because such things had just appeared in that era.
Therefore, Chen Wenzhe paid special attention to see if there were anything from the Qin Dynasty here.
After paying so little attention, he actually discovered something else, a Qin Cuo gold and silver Yuefu clock.
This Qin Dynasty artifact has a lot of craftsmanship used on it.
Looking at these gold and silver artifacts, Chen Wenzhe can see a lot of top-notch skills on them.
The production of gold and silverware in the Qin Dynasty comprehensively used techniques such as casting, welding, filigree, inlay casting, filing, polishing, various mechanical connections, and gluing, and reached a very high level.
If Chen Wenzhe wants to learn how to make gold and silverware, he can learn a lot of skills just by looking at a few silver plates and flat bells from the Qin and Han Dynasties.
Unfortunately, he bit off more than he could chew, and he has now passed the state of learning from good things when he sees them.
There are so many good skills in this world, how can he learn them all?
You must know that he has learned a lot of techniques now, and he has not yet mastered them all.
If he wants to learn, he needs to wait until he has thoroughly learned all the existing techniques, at least to the master level, before he can be greedy for more and seek perfection.
"Huh? I finally met something good again."
Take them out one by one, organize and record them, and then pack them into boxes.
Many gold and silver plates and bowls were found, and even four or five flat bells were found. At this time, a square gold seal appeared in front of his eyes.
Turning it over and looking at it, I saw the seal character, and it was a large seal character.
He didn't know the others, but he still knew the four seal characters "Seal of the King of Chu".
The seal of the King of Dian was unearthed before, and it was only one word different from this gold seal.
As for the seal character of Chu, Chen Wenzhe must know it!
Because this time he came here just to find some burial objects of the princes of Chu State, so he was naturally prepared.
Looking at the gold seal in his hand, Chen Wenzhe really didn't expect that this kind of gold seal, which represents the inheritance of Chu State, could actually be buried with him?
It’s right to think about it, isn’t the original Seal of the Dian King also buried underground?
Whether it was an imitation or the real gold seal used by the King of Chu, it had already come to him.
As for the King of Chu during the Western Han Dynasty, he had no control over what kind of gold seal he would use in the future!
After a little research, Chen Wenzhe put it away.
There are a lot of good things here. It can be said that without digging the tombs of the kings of the Han Dynasty, you really can’t realize how powerful the Han Dynasty was back then.
Now Chen Wenzhe has seen that there are too many rare gold and silver containers here.
The fact that there are many here does not mean that there were many found in the tombs unearthed in ancient times.
Of course, the number, variety, and production techniques of the gold and silverware unearthed from the tombs of the Han Dynasty far exceeded those of the pre-Qin period.
Generally speaking, gold and silver vessels are not uncommon.
However, compared to gold and silver jewelry, there are much fewer gold and silver containers.
Among some of the tombs unearthed in the past, the most common gold and silver vessels are still ornaments. There are actually not many gold and silver vessels, and gold containers are even rarer.
Perhaps because the practice of gilding was popular during this period, gilt vessels were used instead.
In previous archaeological excavations, most of the gold and silver vessels found in the Han Dynasty were made of silver.
Silver bowls, plates, pots, boxes, etc. can be found in various places.
Generally, the shape of the utensils is relatively simple, and most of them are plain.
But here, the most numerous items are gold products, and the most exquisite items are gold containers.
For example, the golden pot in front of you, especially the dragon pattern, or golden dragon, is so exquisitely made.
"Huh? The golden beads wrapped around the golden dragon are not simple at all!"
After a quick look, Chen Wenzhe discovered that it used wire drawing and gold grain welding techniques.
Now Chen Wenzhe is considered well-informed. He naturally knows that the foil making, wire drawing, casting and other techniques used to process gold in China since the Shang and Zhou dynasties are still used to this day.
In ancient times, especially in the Han Dynasty, gold foil was not only cut into strips and used to wrap the rings of bladed vessels, but was also cut into patterns to decorate lacquerware.
Gold wire is mostly used to embroider jade clothing, and has been found in large quantities in large tombs where jade clothing was produced in various places.
In terms of production technology, the most important achievement of gold workmanship in the Han Dynasty was the invention of the gold grain welding process.
This involves welding small gold grains and gold wires as thin as corn onto the surface of the gold vessel to form a pattern.
Many of the Han tombs discovered have unearthed horseshoe gold and lint-shaped gold ornaments inlaid with glazed surfaces. The upper parts of their walls are welded with beaded bands composed of small gold particles.
The most famous one is the tomb of Haihunhou, in which such horseshoe gold and lintoe gold appear.
Now that this kind of craftsmanship appears on a gold pot, Chen Wenzhe is a little surprised.
Pick it up carefully, hold it in the palm of your hand and look at it carefully.
There was a lot of dust on it, and when he cleaned it up a little, Chen Wenzhe was a little stunned when he saw it.
The craftsmanship of this golden pot far exceeded his imagination.
He really didn't expect that a golden pot could be so complicated to make.
Compared with the craftsmanship, the gold used to make the golden pot is really worth nothing.
Not to mention anything else, the heavy ring pattern on this gold pot is welded with small gold particles as thin as amaranth.
At the same time, several golden dragons on the golden pot were also made using this technique.
Especially one of the little dragons is so delicately made.
That is, on a faucet the size of a bean, tiny gold particles and gold threads can be used to form eyes, nose, teeth, horns, beards and other organs. These features can be clearly seen and can be distinguished.
On the other side, the slightly larger gold dragon head not only has a more delicate structure of gold particles and gold wires, but also has thin gold wires wrapped around the dragon's horns, and is also inlaid with turquoise and rubies.
If there is only one dragon, it is not impossible to make it if it is more complicated and takes some effort.
However, on this golden pot, there is one large dragon and six small dragons. These large and small dragons are all made using this complex craft.
This is not the end. After welding them like this, we still need to create effects to make them disappear in the swirling clouds.
The vivid composition and exquisite craftsmanship of the pattern on this golden pot have reached the pinnacle of gold and silverware of the Han Dynasty.