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640 thousand buy 14 " fake " , become invaluable asset nowadays, prohibit leaving the country exhibition

Relics of horse of music village day

Grave by pilfer

Area of apanage of place of Qu Wo county of Hou horse city is visited in Shanxi, have a little village that calls compose the village.

Go up century before 90 time, this hamlet village all the time unknown to public.

Everybody cannot think of, 9 generation Jin Hou and 19 its madams already were in the ground of this hamlet village to issue sleep deeply 2000 old.

However, when archaeologist opens these grave cautiously, discover grave of 8 advance Hou however by pilfer, odd-come-short comes loose pell-mell bottom is in a grave.

Serials bells of advance Hou grave in all 16

Driftage Hong Kong

In the graveyard of some Jin Hou, have a group of elegant serials bells along with bury, in all 16, regrettablly among them one part disentombs in formal archaeology before, be stolen by thief of rob a tomb, driftage Hong Kong.

Ma Chengyuan

Heavy gold is bought time

Ma Chengyuan (1928~2004) , assume office since 1954 at Shanghai museum, have successively held the posts of custodial department vice director, bronze to study department head and Shanghai museum curator. Go up century the fifties metaphase, ma Chengyuan and his colleague collects cultural relic everywhere.

In agelong practice, ma Chengyuan is experienced of cultural relic of a pair of appraisal " piercing eye " , sheet is to be in Hong Kong, pass his hand have include many 300 precious cultural relic such as sculpture of bronze ware, carved stone, jade article, seal, pottery and porcelain.

1992, university of Hong Kong Chinese Professor Zhang Guangyu comes out an information, there is a 14 serials bells on market of Hong Kong cultural relic namely, on the bell inscriptive authentic is engraved.

Want to know, in period of Yan Shang, the Western Zhou Dynasty, because lack perfect iron and steel to cut authentic cutting tool, so inscriptive it is to cast figuration.

Such special situation, pardonable also go up when market of cultural relic of 14 among them Hong Kong be goinged to by person steal and sell, no matter be museum or private collector, consider as counterfeit, bring about long-term and unmanned make inquires.

The inscriptive rubbings from a stone tablet on serials bells of advance Hou Su

Mix when the photograph inscriptive after passing Shanghai, ma Chengyuan depends on him to study the experience of bronze ware for years, according to only material, concluding is to be tasted really, resolutely decision rescue answers Shanghai.

Although a bell wants only 60 thousand, 14 had not baled together 1 million, but it is for 92 years of not abundant still to scientific research funds China, also no less than a king's ransom.

Ma Chengyuan says: "I tell Hong Kong this antique store immediately at that time, ' these 14 bells, you should not look to others ' , antique has this rule all right, after looking to the person, after wanting only, ability can look to the 2nd person.

I discuss with my work in the same placing, this bell is terrible thing, we should send it rapidly.

Sent 923 cases probably, and it is big case, be installed, install Shanghai museum, open look, this is serials bells of very early advance Hou grave really. This is serials bells of very early advance Hou grave really..

Inscriptive broken doubt

After Shanghai of 14 bells carry back, a lot of experts still are in oppugn this to cover " false serials bells " , say Ma Chengyuan spent big price to buy the cultural relic that cover a holiday.

Till August 1992 Shanxi archaeology dug Qu Cun -- graveyard of Hou of advance of Zhao of day horse north, be in advocate in coffin chamber, came up out of land many precious bronze cultural relic, have two serials bells among them, what engrave above is inscriptive be: "Year without border descendants, Yong Baoci bell " .

Serials bells of advance Hou Su (content courtyard hides Yushanxibo showing Tibet)

And Ma Chengyuan's redemptive bell, become rusty through clear scour off, of wall inscriptive show come out, having above " advance is awaited " 2 words, come down according to ordinal platoon at the same time, the last word is " 10 thousand " , two Zhonglian that come up out of land with advance Hou graveyard rise, had " all ages is not had border, descendants Yong Baoci bell " period of such the Western Zhou Dynasty are common about praising first ancestor, invocatory and restful character.

"Year without border, descendants " inscriptive rubbings from a stone tablet

Coherent words and expressions, on bell body " advance is awaited " 2 words, proved Ma Chengyuan casts heavy gold is bought " false bell " , hundred it is the ancient objects of the Western Zhou Dynasty that has chiliad history -- Jin Housu bell.

Husk

Classics research decides after: Serials bells of advance Hou Su is a percussion instrument, complete set in all 16. Can divide it is two groups, every groups 8, size photograph second, the platoon makes up the serials bells of two scale and swing photograph concordant.

Have inscriptive 355 words, end to end engraves authentic to be on 16 bells. Zhong Shangming article engraves authentic for edge tool and become, strokes turn is in knife wanting cent or be 56 knives is successional quarter authentic, pen path ability rises repeatedly, knife mark up to now very apparent.

This kind cuts the method with inscriptive authentic on the bronze ware that has cast, in the Western Zhou Dynasty very infrequent.

The graph is 2 when came up out of land 1993 small serials bells

More important is, after be being handled through dividing rust, the character that engraves authentic to go up in these 16 bells can be read repeatedly actually!

The inscriptive and complete ground of 355 words was recorded in the Western Zhou Dynasty terminal some king 33 years, life of king of advance Hou Su Feng is expeditionary the early in the morning of Shandong smooths, fold head hold dispatch, big obtain get the better of completely, week king commend appreciates the historical fact that gives Jin Hou.

Inscriptive remove record besides the war with this important empty history, still kept two god-given records for us: Was to record " Chu Ji " , " be born already bully " , " look already " , " die already bully " , " just die bully " 5 time terms.

Be in implement on have so complete time record, unprecedented. 2 it is complete piece inscriptive use edge tool to engrave, and stroke is fluent compasses, the metallurgy technology that studies for us the Western Zhou Dynasty is terminal provided a new material.

Besides, complete set bell contains dark and simple and honest bass, clang fruity in ringing and sound, bright high, rich color can allocate an expressional strength that comparative; Its diapason comes from C2 7, cross 5 octave tone, but achieve gives 6 complete 5 sound, down to 7 times scale composition; All ready of the two sound inside central diapason, can come back palace modulate, performance at all times and in all over the world a variety of composition; The bell reachs worn adornment, a variety of subject matter such as form of somebody, animal, dragon, flower, geometry, used in the round, anaglyph, shade to engrave, a variety of ability laws such as vulture draw, line drawing, layout of together with exquisite and subtle depict, achieved wonderful beautification result.

Shanghai museum

Nowadays, hou Su serials bells regards advance as husk, 14 hide at Shanghai museum, 2 hide at Shanxi museum. 2002, country first prohibiting that leave the country in the cultural relic of the exhibition, have this one precious advance Hou Suzhong.