Modern technology has helped Chinese archaeologists assemble ancient bronze figures found in eight sacrificial pits at the Sanxingdui Ruins. To return to the look that it used to be around 3,000 years ago
The Sichuan Provincial Research Institute of Archeology and Antiquities said on Saturday that the full faces of the two large ancient bronzes stunned archaeologists.
Tang Fei, director of the Archaeological Research Institute commented that The original appearance of these bronzes was more bizarre and shocking than he had expected. “It's full of imagination and creativity.”
Both bronzes consist of a bronze statue of a kneeling man seated on the animal's back and carrying a "jun", or vessel shaped like a master, on his head. The other is a statue of a bird-headed deity, Thenjun, in the posture of raising his body to his back and perched on a "lei", an ancient liquor container. Both of which were made up of debris scattered in several sacrificial pits.
due to security issues of object structure Therefore, officials are still unable to actually put these artifacts together. Therefore, scientific and technological methods such as 3D scanning and 3D modeling are used to successfully revive the relatively complete faces of these national treasures.
The bronze statue of a kneeling man sitting on the back of an animal and Tenjun is 1.589 meters high, divided into the upper, middle and lower parts. "Sacred animals" information states that Chun Bronze's mouth was found from Sacrificial Pit No. 2. The Kneeling Man Statue was found from Sacrificial Pit No. 3, while the sacred animal was from Sacrificial Pit No. 8.
The sacred animal was in a posture with its head held high. His four powerful feet looked formidable. On his head stood a bronze figure in beautiful robes. As for the bronze figure kneeling in the middle, it looks like thick eyebrows, big eyes, wears a crown, wears a long-sleeved shirt in the middle of the cloud pattern. The lower part is wearing a short skirt with eyes pattern. Both arms raised forward at chest level. The upper part is a three-section jun adorned with floating statues of dragons and beasts.
Source: Thai News Agency