Chu Style Bronze Dun

The State of Chu was a large southern country with a vast territory, strong national strength and many nationalities during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, and its bronzes became the foundation of the second peak of Chinese bronze culture because of their unique shapes. Chu bronze art is a glorious pearl in Chu art. The Chu people used their dexterous hands, with their unbridled imagination and excellent skills, to create thousands of exquisite bronze art. In the picture, the Chu-style bronze ding has a large belly, a round bottom, three high-hoof-shaped feet, the upper end of the foot is decorated with a beast head, and both ears are attached. There is a lid, the cover is decorated with three-ring buttons and dazzling patterns for two weeks, and the center of the cover is placed with a movable ring, which is convenient to lift the lid, and the three-ring button on the cover is an important feature of the ding in the Spring and Autumn period. Judging from the traces of the smoky fire roasting at the bottom of the ding, the bronze ding is an edible vessel, and judging from the size of the vessel, this is not a container for making "large pot rice", it should be a container for nobles to "open a small stove".
Huaxia Granary Museum