Bronze Cowrie Container (战争场面铜贮贝器)

3D Model

Bronze Cowrie Container with Battle Scene Decoration is made by welding two bronze drums (stacked top and bottom) with a base and lid; when unearthed, it was filled with cowrie shells. Bronze Cowrie Container with Battle Scene Decoration has a round-carved battle scene on its lid, with 18 figures and 4 horses: one group is Han people (wearing helmets/armor, riding horses, holding shields or bows); the other group is Kunming people (knocked off horses, tied up, or beheaded). Its body has decorations: six groups of feathered figures rowing boats, ox-shaped dancing figures, and trapezoidal patterns (triangular teeth + concentric circles).

战争场面铜贮贝器由两具铜鼓上下重叠焊牢制成，有底有盖，出土时器内贮满贝壳。战争场面铜贮贝器的盖上铸有圆雕战争场面，现存人物十八个、马四匹：一类是头戴尖盔或梳髻、身披铠甲的滇人（或骑马、或持护盾、或端射弓弩）；另一类是头梳双辫的昆明人（或摔于马下、或双手捆缚、或被砍下头颅）。战争场面铜贮贝器的器身还有纹饰：腹部铸羽人划船图案六组，腰部有牛形舞人形象，足部及铜鼓上有三角齿纹与同心圆纹组成的梯形纹饰。