▌ Tiger Eating Sheep Bronze Plaque, Han, Length 9.2cm, Width 4.9cm
The bronze plaque of tiger eating sheep creates the state of the neck of a fierce tiger that has just caught its prey, vividly reproducing the instantaneous form of the tiger on the grassland after it preys on the prey, vividly conveying the spirit. The bronze plaque is a one-sided skeleton carving, showing the vivid scene of the tiger biting the neck of the sheep and the weak eating the strong, alluding to the brave spirit of the wearer galloping on the grassland.
Since the end of the nineteenth century, a large number of bronze, gold and silver products characterized by decorative animal patterns and strong nomadic cultural characteristics have been excavated along the Great Wall in the north of the mainland, and are called "Ordos bronzes" because of the largest number, the most concentrated distribution and the most characteristics found in the Ordos region.
The bronze plaque of tiger eating sheep is the most emblematic item in Ordos bronzes that reflects the cultural and artistic characteristics of the early animal husbandry people in northern China.
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