Yi Cheng Qin Dynasty Terracotta Dragon Throne Fountain

China is a vast country rich in history and culture. To know China, one has to know its background, its rise and fall of dynasties and its heritage that affect the present day China.

China was a relatively rich country in 1700. It produced many highly valued products that were exported to the west, first through the silk route and later across the oceans.

China has a recorded history of over 4000 years, beginning with the Shang Dynasty. The Chinese culture was advanced during this period, as seen on the engraving of turtle shells. People told fortunes by first writing on the shells and then seeing where the cracks appeared after they burn the shells. This ¡°oracle¡¯ language was in the form of symbols. It later evolved into characters used in the chinese written language. The symbols or characters representing the sun, the moon, people and objects simple to draw are obvious and understandable to anyone.

The first Emperor of China in Shi huang Di. His performance was impressive, being a strong and able leader, skilful both in adminstration and in military and diplomatic affairs. He used highly developed armaments as now displayed in the museum of Xi An. Xi An is the city where the world famous models of the Qin terracotta soldiers were buried in the tomb of the First Emperor. The tomb is 1.5 kilometers in diameter. The several thousand soldiers are only guards of its entrance, a small part of the tomb.

Since afterlife was considered more important than his life, much effort was made to construct the tomb for the emperor to enjoy his afterlife. Its construction was so complicated and intricate that with modern technology and much resources at its disposal, the current chinese government has not found itself capable of excavating the main part of the tomb. It is believed that the interior of the tomb is protected in such a way as to make it very difficult for intruders to get in without getting hurt or destroying the treasures inside.

The Qin Emperor succeeded in unifying the country as one political entity and unifying the written language and the system of weights and measures. Realising the danger of decentralization by allowing too much power to the regional aristocrats , he centralised the administration by placing the regional and local governors under the control of the central government. One of the main criticisms of his rule was that he ordered the burning of many books and the burial of many dissenting scholars alive. The freedom of expression was curtailed.

To his credit, he also built or connected large sections of the Great Wall of China to protect from invasion.

The empire of Qin lasted only 10 years after the death of Shi Huang Di. The reason for the downfall is its authoritarian rule and failure to treat the people with compassion.

To bring the terracotta history alive, Yi Cheng is proud to introduce the Terracotta Shi Huang Di Dragon Throne Fountain Pen.

Housed in a unique black wooden box which the dragon pen resides, the box looks like the tomb of Shi Huang Di, where the pen resembles the Emperor¡¯s body. Yellow is the color of imperial royalty and used in covering the entire tomb bed of the emperor resting mat. The box is presented with pictures of Terracotta and Horses as evident in Xi An museum.

This full size Emperor¡¯s pen measures 55 grams in weight, 14cm in length(cap closed) and 1.8cm in thickness. The pen is enhanced with 2 black cabochon at the cap top and barrel end.

The pen is strongly enhanced with 18K rose gold clip and Tesil.

The gold plated medium nib of this pen is supplied by a huge aeromatic ink reservoir .

One of the outstanding feature of this pen is the rubies studded dragon eyes radiating in all directions while the barley lined iridescent body extending all the way along its barrel is a rare beauty enhancements.

An exception writer and a perfect gift for someone who is infatuated with chinese history!

US$100(Usual)

US$60 (Promotion!!!)

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