Bronze

Wrong gold and silver bird pattern tiger

The object carries gold-and-silver-inlaid 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 tripod made in Luguo in the 9th year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty

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

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Xuande style copper fumigator

This object is bronze, the metal of Chinese ritual, cast in piece-moulds so the 宣德 workshop could repeat a shape the ancestors would recognise. Bronze was…

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Bronze ding (tripod cauldron)

The ding (tripod cauldron) 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 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 ding (tripod cauldron)

The ding (tripod cauldron) 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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