Chinese Metal-art: The World's Most Ancient Mystery |
Common terms and phrases
achievement alloy ancient bronzes ancient China ancient metal-art artist beauty BRASS BRONZE BELL BRONZE WINE Buddhism Canton Enamels Canton ware Cantonese CARVINGS cast catalogues cell enamels charcoal Chen Chin Dynasty Chinese Classics CHINESE ENAMELS Chinese metal-art Chou circa Classics in Miniature CLOISONNE coins colors copper craftsmen cultural currency earliest form East-West Eighteenth Century B.C. Emperor Empire of China engravers examples favor five thousand founder Hsia human hundred inscriptions JADE later long ago LOS ANGELES Lung melted metal base metal-art of ancient method migration modern moulded Mystery ning noteworthy Old Cathay ordered the destruction Ornamented Palace of Peking period pewter ware Pit enamels PORCELAIN prized production proportion records reign ritualistic ROMANCE OF CHINESE SACRIFICIAL sages and saints Shang sion social organization specimen STANFORD UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES Sung Dynasties technical perfection thousand pounds thousand years ago treasures twelve statues vast antiquity vessels wonderful workshop