Panchi pattern bronze 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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Bronze
Three-section mythical beast 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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Four mountain pattern 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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Doctor Tiger Talisman
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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King of Chu’s Tripod
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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Chen Houding
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…
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…
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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