The early discovery of the Warring States tomb was an ordinary bricklayer, and when this bricklayer was burning bricks, he found a hole. After careful research by the staff, it was determined that this was a tomb from the late Warring States period. When the archaeologists excavated the Warring States tomb, a cup with a height of 15.4cm, a diameter of 7.8cm, a bottom diameter of 5.4cm, and a slight light amber appeared in front of them.
However, the relevant people carefully inspected the surrounding tomb, and there was no trace of the tomb robber at all. The conclusion of the relevant people is that the cup is made of a complete piece of natural crystal, which is very similar to the glass we use now, and it is exactly the same. It turns out that the glass appeared in the Warring States.
The ancients were full of wisdom. The town treasure of Luoyang Museum, white jade cup. Similar to it, it was obtained from a tomb in the Western Han Dynasty, and its craftsmanship is exquisite. During the Warring States period more than two thousand years ago, there was no glass-making technology, and it was impossible for glass to remain intact for more than two thousand years buried under the ground. Natural crystal will be preserved for a much longer time than man-made glass, and the crystal of the Warring States crystal cup is very high purity, so it can still remain crystal clear after two thousand years. So this glass could be a crystal cup.
The preciousness of the ZHANGUO crystal cup is not only the rarity of the material, but also the craftsmanship. More than two thousand years ago at the end of the ZHANGUO period, to be able to so hard crystal polished smooth cup body, and the inside of the cup is from wide to narrow, such processing technology at that time can be said to be a ghostly work of art, but also reflects our ancestors in the ZHANGUO period has mastered a high level of crystal processing technology, reflecting the wisdom of our ancestors clever and skillful!
China is an ancient civilization of 5,000 years, and our ancestors were ahead of their time in terms of wisdom. The styling design of this cup is really ahead of its time, really admire the ancient craftsmen. Superior skills.