The western han dynasty and the han dynasty period, the bronze palace lantern were very popular in the palace, and the animal design modelling diversity, perfectly. This cow shape cylinder lamp light green color, image is like cattle, drooping ears, short legs, modelling is vivid. Two Angle upward from the back side with circular tube erect, and for a flex rendezvous, expand down a bowl, as the 'pipe'. Back center has a round hole, the hole around the round lamp plate, the plate with the cone and plate edge groove, to put the wind deflector, prevent the wind blow out. When light smoke through the 'pipe', reach the stomach, thus can keep indoor clean. Reed abdomen on the right side and 'spine temple cow four long prison' the inscription, explain the lamp as the chief director of reed as changsha king temple supervision of lights. The lamp's biggest characteristic is only three feet, fluted hind legs, like a toad. Its tail is close to the abdomen, two eyes zheng, and stretched out the horns, and the characteristics of the cattle. Darling, harmony, serenity, both realistic and abstract two kinds of artistic style.
the lamps and lanterns is human master fire after an important invention. Has a long history of China's use of lamps and lanterns, lamp life as traditional equipment, has experienced the evolution history of several thousand years. Initially, the light from the feeder (beans in a Bean when this was a kind of cooking of food, and TaoDou is currently see the lamps and lanterns of the earliest) 。 Until the han dynasty, the light of the basic shape is still a huge difference, and beans became one of the most common type lamp. Besides bean shaped lamp, in the han dynasty and some animals like cylinder lamp of this cow form modelling lamp, widely used in the royal palace. Lamp plate of layered settlement, modelling is vivid, the lighting, the lights in photograph reflect, all show style. The bang
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