解放前宁乡出土青铜器概述

Summary of Unearthed Bronze Wares in Ningxiang Before the Liberation

多年来,人们以为宁乡出土青铜器的历史是从四羊方尊开始的,实际上宁乡出土青铜器历史至少可早至康熙九年(1670)。据相关资料记载,解放前宁乡出土的青铜器有十五件,其中晚商西周时期青铜器六件,除1938年黄材出土的四羊方尊外,还有道光十六年(1836)朱石桥出土的三件铜钟、道光二十四年(1844)沩山出土的周觚棱壶以及20世纪三、四十年代毛公桥出土的"■父乙"窝纹罍。

For years,it is believed that the history of unearthed bronze wares in Ningxiang started from the discovery of Four Sheep Square Zun,while actually,it was as early as at least the 9th year of Kangxi’s reign （1670）.According to the record,there are 15 bronze wares excavated in Nixiang before the liberation,six of which were made in the late Shang and western Zhou Dynasty.Except for Four Sheep Square Zun unearthed in Huangcai in 1938,there are three bronze bells excavated in Zhushi Bridge in the 16th year of Daoguang’s reign（1836）,Zhou Gu Leng Pot unearthed in Weishan Mountain in the 24th year of Daoguang’s reign （1844）and “Fu Yi”Wo Wen Lei excavated in Maogong Bridge in 1930s or 1940s.