Cam Thuy bronze ting
Thứ Hai, 27/07/2026
Cam Thuy bronze ting being
kept in Thanh Hoa museum is one of 37 artifacts which are recognized as
National Treasure in 2013 signed by Vietnam Prime Minister.
The Ting is relatively
intact, quite big, 79.8cm in height, 134.4cm in mouth diameter and 115cm in
bottom diameter.
The Tinh
is in cylinder form, slightly flared rim, everted neck (9cm in height), round
bottom. Six big cord-decorated U-shaped handles are attached evenly on to the
mouth (21cm U wide, 16cm high, 4cm wide, 5.5cm thick). There is a flange on the
inner surface of the rim. The central of each handle got decorated with relief
dots forming five-petal flower (big relief dot forming stamen, five smaller
dots building petals). The gap between handles is decorated with festoon (4
groups) and two lines of symmetrically-arranged Sino inscriptions. Each line
consists of 11 bold and clear words. Neck-closed part got decorated
with one band of four-petal flowers and cloud pattern limited by two flanges
running around. The body of Ting is decorated with flanges forming longitudinal
cells (6 cells). The whole body of Ting is covered by a verdigris-colored
patin.
Cam
Thuy bronze Ting is perfect work, unique, holding the manifest local feature,
dating back to Le Trung Hung period.
Based
on the decorative motives and inscriptions on Ting, it could be said that this
Ting was casted in 28th November 1752 by King’s special envoy of Cam
Thuy district. Together with fifteen bronze tings being kept in , Cam Thuy bronze ting provide the information about
casting technique and decoration arts on bronze objects in the past
for the visitors. It makes contribution to demonstrate our long-standing bronze
casting tradition, begun in the Early Metal Age, well-developed in Dong Son
culture, through feudal dynasties to present, this tradition in Vietnam in
general and in Thanh Hoa in particular has been preserved and developed.
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