Author name: Jianle Liu

Bird-pattern bronze jue (tripod cup)

The jue (tripod cup) carries bird-pattern bronze, and bronze was never just a material. It was the medium of ceremony, its weight and ring part of the rite…

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Bronze ding (tripod cauldron)

This ding (tripod cauldron) is bronze, the metal of Chinese ritual, cast in piece-moulds so the Imperial workshop could repeat a shape the ancestors would…

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Bronze gui (food vessel)

This gui (food vessel) is bronze, the metal of Chinese ritual, cast in piece-moulds so the Imperial workshop could repeat a shape the ancestors would recog…

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Bronze jia (warming vessel)

This jia (warming vessel) is bronze, the metal of Chinese ritual, cast in piece-moulds so the Imperial workshop could repeat a shape the ancestors would re…

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Bronze hu (pouring vessel)

The hu (pouring vessel) carries bronze, and bronze was never just a material. It was the medium of ceremony, its weight and ring part of the rite itself.

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Bronze jia (warming vessel)

This jia (warming vessel) is bronze, the metal of Chinese ritual, cast in piece-moulds so the Imperial workshop could repeat a shape the ancestors would re…

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