Panjianjian
The object carries bronze, and bronze was never just a material. It was the medium of ceremony, its weight and ring part of the rite itself.
Qin Shihuang’s imperial edict
This object is bronze, the metal of Chinese ritual, cast in piece-moulds so the Imperial workshop could repeat a shape the ancestors would recognise. Bronz…
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Mao Shupan
The pan (water basin) carries bronze, and bronze was never just a material. It was the medium of ceremony, its weight and ring part of the rite itself.
Qin Zige
This ge (dagger-axe) is bronze, the metal of Chinese ritual, cast in piece-moulds so the Imperial workshop could repeat a shape the ancestors would recogni…
Mako’s flying frost mirror
The mirror 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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Inlaid red copper hunting pattern pot
This hu (pouring vessel) is bronze, the metal of Chinese ritual, cast in piece-moulds so the Imperial workshop could repeat a shape the ancestors would rec…
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Animal pattern flower cup
This gu (beaker) is bronze, the metal of Chinese ritual, cast in piece-moulds so the Imperial workshop could repeat a shape the ancestors would recognise.…
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Ding Gao, Huang Qin and Hua Yan collaborated on the portrait scroll of Cheng Zhaoxiong
The hanging scroll is ink, and the medium decides the pace. Ink and colour on silk or paper ask to be read slowly, the eye led rather than struck.
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Long Er Gui
The gui (food 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.
Five-ring lidded kettle with inlaid red copper elephant pattern
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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