Speaking of national treasure-level cultural relics such as wine glasses, how many can you say? For example, the "crossing" Warring States Crystal Cup unearthed in the Hangzhou Mid-Levels, as well as the "Tang Dynasty Agate Beast Head Cup", which is recognized as the most precious at present, was excavated from the cellar of Hejia Village in Shaanxi Province; in addition, there is this "Western Han Shaped Jade Cup" that we are going to introduce today.
Or first briefly introduce today's protagonist "Western Han Corner Jade Cup", "Western Han Shape Jade Cup" as the name suggests is the Western Han Dynasty wine cup, the place of origin in Guangzhou Nanyue King Tomb, 18.4 cm high, caliber 5.8 ~ 6.7 cm, weight only 372.7 grams, the shape of the cup and rhino horns the same, for this reason there is such a name.
The material of the "Western Han Shaped Jade Cup" is very precious, it is extremely precious Xinjiang Hetian jade, and it actually does not have a base that can be stabilized on the support surface, so that this "Western Han Shaped Jade Cup" must be drunk after filling with wine, otherwise the wine renewal will be spilled.
This is also one of the reasons why we say that the "Western Han Shape Jade Cup" is extremely rare, and the second reason is that this "West Han Shape Jade Cup" is rumored to have a very magical effect, that is, it can detoxify hundreds of poisons, which is obviously a false statement, maybe we say that it is a good meaning!
In 1983, In Xianggang Mountain, Guangzhou, when the construction team was carrying out construction, just when the workers were digging the foundation of the wall, they suddenly dug out a huge stone slab, which attracted the attention of the workers, fortunately, the person in charge Deng Qinyou suspected that there might be an ancient tomb under the stone slab, so he urgently stopped the process project.
The cultural relics that were finally cleaned up in the tomb of the Nanyue King of the Western Han Dynasty were absolutely not to be underestimated, what silverware, bronzes, musical instruments, weapons, iron tools, etc., as well as the golden seal of the "Emperor Wen Xingxi" of the anti-heaven national treasure, naturally there were also the "Western Han Shaped Jade Cup" that was graded as a national treasure.
There may be many people who can't appreciate the value of the "Western Han Shape Jade Cup", take the Warring States Crystal Cup, the two are not inferior, both belong to the national treasure level of wine cup cultural relics, and at that time, the location of the "Western Han Shape Jade Cup" was found in the head box of the tomb owner's coffin, which shows the importance of the "Western Han Shape Jade Cup" for the tomb owner!
Nowadays, if you want to visit the "Western Han Dynasty Jade Cup", you must go to the Nanyue King Tomb Museum in Guangzhou!