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Shang ritual bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler collections

Also Known As: Ancient Chinese bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler collections / Ancient Chinese bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler collections

by  Robert W Bagley

Table Of Contents

  • Origin and development of the shang bronze-casting industry
  • The origins of Chinese metalworking
  • Metalworking in mesopotamia
  • Section molds and cast decoration
  • Motifs of the bronze decoration: the taotie
  • Motifs of the bronze decoration: dragons
  • The high-relief variant of style III
  • THe style IV image-ground distinction
  • The shapes of the vessels
  • The origin of the flange
  • High-relief decoration in the anyang period
  • Animal decoration and animal shapes
  • Bronze casting in the middle Yangzi region
  • Shang foundry methods
  • Mold preparation
  • Finishing
  • Mold assembly and cores
  • Joining techniques
  • Postscript: lost-wax casting in China

Subject

Catalogs / Bronzes, Chinese / Bronzes / To 221 B.C

Details

Part of Series Ancient Chinese bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler collections ;
Published Washington, D.C. : Cambridge, Mass. : Arthur M. Sackler Foundation ; Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 1987
Language English
Material 599 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 37 cm
ISBN 0674805259
Location
NK 7983.2 B416 1987 V.1 C.1
TCDC Bangkok - Special Size Reference
NK 7983.2 B416 1987 V.1 C.2
TCDC Bangkok - Closed Stack (SpecialSizeReference)

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