Lacquer lamp with kneeling figure

Kneeling person painted bronze lamp, bronze, mid-to-late Warring States period, total height 48.9, lamp plate diameter 23.7 cm, weight 7.5 kg. Unearthed in Shangcunling, Sanmenxia, ​​Henan Province in 1975. Now in the collection of Henan Museum.

From winter 1974 to April 1975, the third production team of Shangcunling Brigade, Sanmenxia City, Henan Province, discovered eight ancient tombs during the construction of a reservoir in the west of the ridge, unearthing more than 100 bronzes and more than 50 pottery. Among them, Tomb No. 5 is located in the northwest of Shangcun. It is a rectangular earth pit vertical tomb with a length of 7.5 meters, a width of 4.8 meters, and a depth of about 10 meters. From the remains of the coffin, it is inferred that it is a single coffin, a single coffin, and a single person burial. The kneeling person painted bronze lamp was unearthed in this tomb and was identified by archaeological experts as a Qin cultural relic from the mid-to-late Warring States period. (Figure 1, Figure 2) The kneeling figure painted copper lamp is made of three parts: the kneeling figure, the lamp stand and the lamp plate. The kneeling figure's head and body are cast separately and then riveted together. The kneeling figure has a bun on his head, a hair ornament on the right forehead, and a belt under his chin. He wears a long jacket with right-side lapel covering his knees, a wide belt around his waist, and a belt hook on the front. His hands are stretched out in front of his chest. He holds a Y-shaped lamp stand, which holds a circular lamp plate. There are three spike-shaped seats in the plate, which can hold three candles at the same time. The outer edge of the lamp plate is painted with triangular lacquer, and the surface of the handle was originally painted with vermilion lacquer, but only a small amount of remains can be seen now.

Figure 1 Line drawing of a kneeling figure painted bronze lamp

Figure 2 Details of a kneeling figure painted bronze lamp

The kneeling figure painted bronze lamp is well preserved and has a clear excavation site, which can serve as a reference for studying the clothing, hair accessories, lamp shapes, and bronze casting techniques of the middle and late Warring States period.