乾隆 Painted enamel bowl
This bowl is painted enamel, the craft where metal is bent, filled with glass and fired until colour sits flush in a wired cell. the 乾隆 workshop made it a…
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Bronze gui (food vessel)
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.
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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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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 object
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.
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 you (wine vessel)
The you (wine 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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Bronze object
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.