Sanxingdui No. 8 "Sacrifice Pit" newly discovered bronze statue of the tiger's head dragon body. (Photo by Zhao Hao)
On the occasion of the Lunar Year of the Tiger
Samsung Pile "blind box" is new
No. 8 "Sacrifice Pit"
Discover a bronze dragon tiger "divine beast" with a tiger's head and a tiger's brain
It has a double-horned, gold-bottomed tabby striped body on its head,
Half dragon, half tiger, strange shape...
Responsible for the excavation of the No. 8 "Sacrificial Pit"
Zhao Hao, associate professor of the School of Archaeology and Archaeology of Peking University, introduced
This is another bronze piece that has never been seen before
Temporarily named it a bronze statue of a tiger-headed dragon
Tiger head dragon body bronze statue head. (Photo by Zhao Hao)
"When the last layer of ivory is pressed on top of the lifting utensils
We were all looking forward to it
Because the excavators at the site are convinced
Will see an artifact that I have never seen before"
Zhao Hao described it this way
The mood of seeing this artifact for the first time
Zhao Hao told reporters
The forelimbs of this bronze statue of a tiger-headed dragon
Stands on a triangular copper bracket
The back of the body is cocked
The hind limbs are welded together with another piece
With a blade in his mouth
There is also a bird standing in the front section
The shady line on the surface of the bird's body is filled with cinnabar
The most interesting thing is
The bronze statue of the tiger-headed dragon has its eyes in the center
With black color (material has not been tested)
Clicked a very round eyeball
It's the finishing touch
The bronze statue of the tiger head dragon has "tabby stripes" on its body. (Photo by Zhao Hao)
The cultural relic base currently seen
Width 55 cm, height 85 cm
Some are still in the soil
The overall look is very worth looking forward to
"Sanxingdui has a dragon shape before
But in this volume and in a circular manner
It was the first time
At present, there is still a lot of soil on the surface of the cultural relics that has not been cleaned
Believe it will be very gorgeous after cleaning up"
Zhao Hao said
This artifact is a bird in the front section. (Photo by Zhao Hao)
For the purpose of this bronze
"I don't know what it's for"
"One is that this artifact has not yet been fully excavated and exposed
The other is that this artifact is not alone
It's part of another large artifact."
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Source: Xinhua News Agency