Spring and Autumn Period Square Cylindrical Single-toothed Copper Component with Dragon Pattern

Era: Spring and Autumn Period, Grade 1

Specifications: 46.3cm long, 7kg in weight

Excavation site: Excavated in Doufu Village, Fengxiang County in 1973

Architectural component. Rectangular tube-shaped, with two hollow ends, three saw teeth on the two sides connected at one end, and the other two sides are hollow, with a partition beam in the middle. The front and bottom are decorated with coiled snake patterns. According to research, the copper component was used to connect the beams and columns of the palace for reinforcement and decoration. This copper component is of great significance to the study of the history of pre-Qin architecture.