Cultural Relics Prohibited from Being Exhibited Overseas

Zhu Ke Copper Ding

Time: Warring States Period (475 -221BC)
Specification: 113 centimeters high; 87 centimeters in caliber
Excavation: Changfeng County, Anhui Province, in 1933
Collection place: Anhui Provincial Museum

Cultural Relics Prohibited from Being Exhibited Overseas

Dragon-Shaped Rectangular Mirrors

Time: Western Han Dynasty (260 BC-24 AD).
Specification: 115.1 centimeters long; 57.5 centimeters wide; 56.5 kilograms in weight.
Excavation: Zibo, Shandong Province, in 1980
Collection place: Zibo Museum in Shandong Province.

Cultural Relics Prohibited from Being Exhibited Overseas

A Pair of "Lotus and Crane Copper Pots"

Time: Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC-476 AD)
Specification: 126 centimeters high; 30.5 centimeters in caliber; 24.9 centimeters wide.
Excavation: Xinzheng, Henan Province, in 1923
Collection place: One is in the Beijing-based National Palace Museum and another belongs to Henan Provincial Museum.
It was a water or wine container created in the Spring and Autumn period. The main part of the pot was designed as square which became very popular in the late Western Zhou Dynasty. The pot has its own ears, feet, and varied figures, which not only revealed a unique design style but also, represented the changing concept of beauty.