I believe everyone is familiar with the golden bowl held by Fa Hai in "The Legend of the White Snake". This golden bowl in Fa Hai's hands is a magic weapon for collecting and subduing demons, and his wooden fish is also very powerful. Legend has it that if you ring it in the dead of night, Bai Suzhen can hear it thousands of miles away. The copper bowls of the Ming Dynasty were not only exquisite in workmanship, but the melodious sound could be heard thousands of meters away with a single tap. The deep and long sound is the biggest feature of this copper bowl. So what kind of production process makes this copper bowl have such characteristics? It turns out that copper’s texture, purity, and alloying ingredients are all very particular. During the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, the reason why cast copper products were valuable was that the requirements for smelting cast copper were very strict and the craftsmanship was very particular. In the past, copper smelting was usually only done four times, requiring slag removal and purification. However, during the Xuande period, the process requirements for cast copper smelting were very strict, and refined copper could be smelted up to 12 times. "In addition, copper smelting in the Ming Dynasty also added precious metals such as gold and silver to the raw materials, so the material was very good." In addition to the exquisite raw materials, the exquisite and unique shape of the bowl body is also very conducive to the preservation and transmission of sound. Even the fish scale patterns on the surface of the copper bowl are hammered out one by one by hand.
This collection is a wind chime bowl on the top of a Buddhist pagoda. It weighs 9.8kg, is 19cm high, 16cm in diameter and 1.0cm thick. The body of the bowl is covered with fish scale patterns, and the sound is produced by the wind. The sound is considered to have the effect of calming the nerves and calming the soul. Because it is in the pagoda, it is recognized as a magical weapon. It is rarely used in the magic of predicting Feng Shui and subduing demons. The material contains gold, silver and copper. This collection is rare in existence and can be used to ward off evil spirits in the house, so it has a certain collection value. This collection is collected by Xi'an Jinchengxuan Art Auction Co., Ltd. and will be auctioned by San Pedro International Auction Co., Ltd. in London, UK in August
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