Treasures from the Bronze Age of China: An Exhibition from the People's Republic of ChinaDescribes and interprets the spectacular works of art presented in the exhibition lent to 5 American museums by China. Not only describes some of the most important recent archaeological discoveries in China, but provides information about 1500 year Chinese. |
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10th century B.C. 11th-early 10th century 1976 from Tomb animal mask Anyang period artistic Beijing bells belt hook bird blade body Bronze Age bronze art bronze casting bronze vessels capital cauldron century B.C. Height chariot China coiled copper crested birds decoration designs Dian Dou Wan dragons Eastern Zhou period Emperor of Qin Erlitou Erlitou culture Excavated 1976 exhibition flanges Food container Fu Hao's tomb head Hebei Henan Province high relief horns horse Hubei Province Hunan Hunan Provincial Museum inlay inscribed inscriptions jade lacquers Late 11th-early 10th legs Lintong Liu Sheng Liyu Luoyang metal metropolitan millennium B.C. mold motifs nomadic objects ornament Panlongcheng pattern piece Qin dynasty Shaanxi Province Shaanxi Provincial Museum Shang dynasty Shang period shape silhouette spirals steppes style surface technique terracotta army tigers tion tradition Warring States period Western Zhou bronze wine vessel Xian Zhengzhou phase Zhou kings