Painted phoenix-shaped lacquer spoon

Painted phoenix-shaped lacquer spoon

Qin

In 1975, Tomb No. 9 of Yunmeng Sleeping Tiger Land was excavated

Height 13.3, length 14.8, width 10 .6cm

Wooden tires, carved. The body of the spoon is dug into a phoenix, the handle of the spoon is carved into the head and neck, and the eyes, nose, ears and feathers of the phoenix are painted with red and brown paint, and there are "salty mouths" and other branded words under the tail of the phoenix. This spoon is an unprecedented heart variety.

The Tomb of Yunmeng Sleeping Tiger was selected into the "Top 100 Archaeological Discoveries in a Hundred Years" Qin and Han Group.

Located in the west of Chengguan, only 100 meters away from Yunmeng Railway Station, yunmeng sleeping tiger land, field excavation work began on December 1, 1975, to January 9, 1976, lasted 40 days. The twelve Qin tombs excavated this time are distributed in the western part of the Sleeping Tiger Land, about 400 meters southeast of the No. 1 Han Tomb of the Great Tomb. In these small earth pit wooden tombs, 387 pieces of lacquerware, bronzes, pottery, etc. have been excavated; especially tomb No. 11, more than 1,100 pieces of Qin Dynasty bamboo jane have been excavated, most of which are Qin laws and documents, which are relatively complete preservation, clear handwriting, and rarely mutilated. These precious historical relics provide important information for the study of political, economic, military, cultural and social life from the late Warring States period to the Qin Dynasty.