Shanxi jiangxian county, and the contour of the Ming dynasty 'four major Kings' tripod _ figurine skills

Core tip: recently, the author in the develop treasure found a set of Ming dynasty xuande emperor 'four major Kings' tripod. These make the bronze sculptures of the Ming dynasty, to study the ancient buddhist culture, discusses the traditional copper technology recently, the author in the develop treasure found a set of Ming dynasty xuande emperor 'four major Kings' tripod. These make the bronze sculptures of the Ming dynasty, to study the ancient buddhist culture, discusses the traditional copper art, has the extremely precious value. 'Four major Kings' respectively using copper small sculpture, statue height of 165 cm, 75 cm wide, basically as a reality, divided in four length 60 cm, 40 cm wide, 25 cm high copper base, the east a country singer, dressed in armor, armed with pipa, legend is responsible for the guardian dongsheng god chau, give priority to god; Southern growth pop, dressed in armor, sword in hand, the legend is responsible for guarding the south, the pursuit of state to be able to make all good root growth, protect the dharma is inviolable; Western wide eyes pop, dressed in armor, hand wrapped around a dragon, legend has it that the guardian He Zhou west cattle, can net eye to see the world at any time, protect the people; Book north king, dressed in armor, holding umbrellas, treasure legends to ford, helped protect north Lu Zhou, its responsibility for uniform all the demons, protect the people's wealth, so also known as 'ShiCai'. According to jubao lent the introduction, the shenzhou 'four major Kings' tripod is he in the late 1960 s in southeast shanxi, of the original, from many aspects, such as craft, small sculptures look look, has a high value of collection.