Among the many cultural relics in the collection of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Museum, there are many cultural relics with the image of "tiger". On the occasion of the arrival of the Year of the Tiger, we have selected this tiger-seated pottery lamp to enjoy with everyone, and the community will have a unique "tiger culture".
Era: Han Dynasty
Dimensions: Height 15cm, caliber 8.5cm
In 1958, a tiger-seat pottery lamp was unearthed from a Han tomb in Yungai Mountain, Wuzhou City, Guangxi Province. This pottery lamp, made nearly 2,000 years ago, has a simple and clumsy shape and a unique design. The lamp holder is designed in the shape of a Crouching Tiger. A thick lamppost protruded from the tiger's back, and a deep and large lamp plate was pressed on it, which seemed to calm the tiger. At the same time, the tiger's tail is upturned and connected to the bottom of the lamp plate to form a handle, which is uniquely designed.
If you look closely, you will find that the portrayal of the tiger by this lamp is very special, it looks like a humble image, and it is described as a bit "ugly and ugly" in the words of many viewers. It can be seen that the tiger image was more diversified in the hands of Guangxi craftsmen in the Han Dynasty.
The Guangxi region has experienced a relatively long period of using torches for illumination. After the Qin unified Lingnan, large-scale immigrants came to the Lingnan region. These immigrants brought advanced Han culture and production technology, which promoted the development of the local social economy. The lighting production technology and the concept of using lamps and lanterns in the Central Plains were also introduced to Lingnan, and Guangxi slowly entered the era of "using lamps". From the current archaeological findings, it is known that the archaeological findings of Lamps and Lanterns in the Han Dynasty in Guangxi are mainly concentrated in Wuzhou and Guixian in eastern Guangxi and Hepu, one of the starting ports of the Han Dynasty Maritime Silk Road.
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