Songding
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…
Bronze
waizuduo
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…
Inlaid copper dragon pattern pot
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.
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Chang’e Jade Rabbit Linghua Mirror
This mirror 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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『0070』plate
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.
Ninth generation cohabitation 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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Feather pattern four-eared fou
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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wheelnego
The ge (dagger-axe) carries bronze, and bronze was never just a material. It was the medium of ceremony, its weight and ring part of the rite itself.
『0040』clock
This zhong (bell) is bronze, the metal of Chinese ritual, cast in piece-moulds so the Imperial workshop could repeat a shape the ancestors would recognise.…
Copper inlaid silver wire cicada pattern beast swallowing ear ring foot stove
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.
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