Bear-shaped bronze zun vessel

Unknown artist

漢 西元前206-西元220年

銅器

National Palace Museum

A bronze vessel shaped like a whimsical, anthropomorphic bear with inlaid colorful stones. It has a wide, grinning mouth and outstretched arms. A bronze vessel shaped like a whimsical, anthropomorphic bear with inlaid colorful stones. It has a wide, grinning mouth and outstretched arms. 此件銅熊在乾隆時期被品斷為唐朝「表木」的底座，其實它應該是件漢代器物殘存的足部，頸背上的銅管則為後加。銅熊的毛髮嵌有金、銀絲，而額頭、雙眼、乳突、肚臍、四肢近關節處均鑲寶石，極為精緻華麗。 Object number: 故銅002429N000000000 Rights: Bear-shaped bronze zun vessel, The National Palace Museum, Taipei, CC BY 4.0 @ www.npm.gov.tw IIIF manifest: https://digitalarchive.npm.gov.tw/Integrate/GetJson?cid=62145&dept=U