Ordos City Museum in 2021 officially merged three museums and one courtyard, so far in 2022 on the occasion of the New Year with the cute tiger poster to send blessings to the national audience, the little tiger in the museum, with blessings, wish everyone the Year of the Tiger lucky!
Tiger bull bite bucket pattern gold medallion: rectangular, the central relief of a creeping cow, limbs stretched flat, on both sides of the two heads facing each other of the tiger, respectively, dead bite the cow's neck and waist, the cow although completely subject to the tiger, but still fighting desperately, sharp horns penetrate the ears of the tiger on both sides. The plaque intuitively reflects the vivid scene of the common tigers in the grasslands hunting bison. In addition, there is another deep meaning. The tiger in the ornament should be taken from the Pleiades in the sky, and the cattle should be taken from the Golden Bull Palace of the Twelve Officials of the Zodiac, because the Pleiades are located in the Golden Bull Palace, so what the four tigers want to show should be the grand goal of the early northern nomads to dominate the grasslands and walk alone in the heavens.
Tiger Eater Deer Pattern Silver Medal Ornament: Silver is a precious metal and hard currency from ancient times to the present, and the material of the vessel is silver. Semi-embossed, rectangular in shape. The tiger's mane is long, its round ears are raised, and its tail sweeps the ground, and it is majestic; the four sharp ring claws, the tiger's mouth is wide open, revealing sharp teeth; the deer is in the lower left corner, lying under the tiger's mouth, appearing to have no resistance. There are double buttons on the back. The whole picture vividly reproduces the tragic atmosphere of the weak and the strong on the prairie.
Double Tiger Bite Bucket Pattern Silver Ornament: Using a high-relief expression technique, two creeping young tigers facing each other are shaped, the two tigers snuggle left and right, open their mouths to bite each other's shoulders, the forelimbs hug each other, the hind limbs are slightly sideways and stretched forward, the hind paws are stroking each other's front paws, and the tail is leisurely curled up. Each tiger has an oval hole in its back, which may have been inlaid with other ornaments in the first place. The ornament solidifies the wonderful moment when two young tigers tear each other apart and play, the shape is vivid, full of fun, the posture is lovely, the tiger body lines are smooth, rigid and soft, and reproduces the superb artistic level and metal casting technology of the nomadic people in early northern China.
Skeletonized Tiger Eater Deer Pattern Gold Medal: Tiger, majestic, with its strong, swift, good water, climbing, majestic characteristics to sit on the throne of the King of the Hundred Beasts. In Ordos bronzes, a large part of the plaques are scenes of tigers fighting with others. The tiger has its head held high, its back hunched over, its tail naturally drooping, the tiger's mouth is under the tail and hind limbs, the deer is thrown upside down, and the deer head and forelimbs are against the tiger's forelimbs and cannot move. This tiger pattern plaque, hollowed out, was originally studded with gemstones, which shows that its casting process is extremely exquisite, which not only reproduces the tragic scene of the weak and the strong on the prairie, but also reflects the superb creativity of the early craftsmen.
Tiger head shape silver saving: Ordos City Zunger Banner West Ditch cemetery excavated. The whole is vertically oblong and oval, with the upper body shape of a standing tiger on the front, the upper part is a high relief of the tiger's head, the tiger's ears are erect, and the eyes are rounded. The tiger's forelimbs are raised closely, the claws are placed under the jaw, and the tiger's upper torso is reduced to a cirrus pattern. There are cross-shaped wearing buttons on the upper part of the back, and when they were excavated, the wearing buttons retained the crossed leather marks. The font of the "two" characters in the inscription of "Shaofu Twenty-Two-Four Zhu" in the lower part is the same as the "two" characters on the round shoulder round foot cloth cast by the Zhao State in the Warring States period. As a harness, the artifact is exquisitely shaped, and at the same time provides physical evidence for the study of the weights and measures system of the Warring States period, calligraphy, and the interaction between the early northern nomadic culture and the farming culture of the Central Plains.
Tiger Wolf Bite Sheep Bronze Plaque: One end is wide and the other end is slightly narrow, customarily called "P" shaped plaque. It is shaped as a tiger that has just caught its prey after a rush, the tiger bites the neck of the sheep, presses the sheep to the foot, and then a wolf bites the neck of the sheep, and the plaque vividly reproduces the wonderful moment after the tiger on the grassland preys on the prey, the form is vivid and vivid, reflecting the scene of the weak and the strong on the grassland.
Five tiger shape bronze buckle: the buckle is the most important belt ornament of the northern nomads in the early days of ancient China, the five tiger shape bronze buckle, surrounded by five small tigers, the shape of the tiger and its cuteness, from the side also reflects the superb skills of the early craftsmen.
Tiger striped bronze ornaments: using high relief expression techniques, a tiger in the shape of a supine, the tiger's head looks back, opens its mouth to play with its tail, the hind limbs lie slightly on the side, and the tail is leisurely curled up. The ornament solidifies the wonderful moments when the tiger is lazy and playful, and the shape is vivid and interesting, reproducing the superb artistic level and metal casting technology of the nomadic peoples in early northern China.
Tiger pattern bronze axe: Bronze axe as a living tool of the northern nomads in ancient China in the early days, its appearance is almost the same as the axe in the current life, which is enough to illustrate the wisdom of the early craftsmen, the tiger pattern bronze axe, there is a clear tiger head ornament at the port, the tiger looks very cute, very cute, such a cute tiger, making this axe a little more cute.
In 2022, the Ordos City Museum sends the most special blessings, may the cute tiger come home, the blessings are full, the Year of the Tiger is blessed with different blessings, the big blessings and small blessings are everywhere, the blessings are prayed for the blessing of the year, I wish everyone the Year of the Tiger, the Tiger, the Year of the Tiger, and the Year of the Tiger!
Source: Ordos City Museum