Bronze Guo Ji Zi White PlateGuo Ji Zi's white plate was a water container from the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. It was the largest bronze ware of the Western Zhou Dynasty and the treasure of the National Museum of China. It was one of the three rare treasures of the Western Zhou Dynasty along with the Sanshi plate and the Maogong tripod.
Its shape is strange, like a big bathtub, rounded rectangular, four-foot-shaped feet, big mouth and small bottom, slightly radiating shape, four walls each have two animal heads and ears with rings, the mouth is decorated with a circle of curved patterns, below is a wave belt pattern. It was 137.2 centimeters long, 86.5 centimeters wide, 39.5 centimeters tall, and weighed 215.3 kilograms.
There was a 111-word inscription at the bottom of the plate, which told the story of Zi Bai of Guo State who was ordered to go to war. He showed bravery in military operations, managed the four directions, attacked and conquered the land, killed 500 enemies north of Luoshui River, captured 50 prisoners, and became the pioneer of the whole army. He cut off the enemy's left ear and presented it to the King of Zhou. The King of Zhou appreciated his dignity and hosted a banquet in the Xuan Pavilion of the Zhou Temple. The king of Zhou praised Zibai for his outstanding contribution and gave him a chariot with four horses, a vermilion bow and arrow, a big axe and other items. Zibai made this plate to commemorate him, so that his descendants could use it forever.
The cultural relic was unearthed in Baoji Guochuan Department during the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty. It was originally bought by Xu Xiejun, the magistrate of Xi County, Shaanxi Province, from a farmer's house. After leaving office, he brought it back to his hometown Changzhou. In the tenth year of Xianfeng, the Taiping army broke Changzhou, and Pan was captured by Chen Kun, the king of protection. In the third year of Tongzhi, Liu Mingchuan, the general of the Huai Army, obtained this plate after breaking through Changzhou. After discovering this rare treasure, he transported it back to Liu Laowei's hometown in Feixi and built a "plate pavilion" to place it. When Liu Mingchuan was still alive, there were high-ranking officials in the imperial court who asked for this plate. After his death, his family went through hardships to protect this plate. They were repeatedly pestered by dignitaries and nobles for treasures. They were also bought by antique merchants in the United States, Japan, France and other countries with high prices, as well as extorted by the Japanese invaders and the garrison of the National Party. However, the descendants of the Liu family firmly refused. In 1950, Liu Mingchuan's fourth grandson, Liu Su, donated it to the country for free. Guo Jizi's inscriptions on the white plate were of high value in the history of calligraphy. The lines were beautiful, strong, and smooth. Some lines were deliberately elongated to create a turbulent spatial effect. The structure of the characters was simple and dense, and there was a feeling of density and evasion. The rules were sparse and elegant, and each word had independence and the tendency to echo.
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Blue-and-white porcelain plate picture hand-drawnThe hand-drawn picture of the blue and white porcelain plate could be realized by drawing on a paper plate. You can use cardboard, scotch tape, scissors, and blue pencil to draw. The specific steps included drawing a simple flower on the hard cardboard, cutting the flower and sticking the edge with transparent tape, then printing the shape of the flower on the paper plate and tracing the pattern, and finally, fine processing and drawing the detailed pattern. However, the search results provided did not directly provide pictures of hand-drawn blue and white porcelain plates.