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Ancient Chinese ritual bronzes: the evidence from tombs and hoards of the Shang (c. 1500-1050 BC) and Western Zhou (c. 1050-771 BC) periods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Jessica Rawson
Jessica Rawson*
Affiliation:
Department of Oriental Antiquities, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG, England
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The great cast bronzes of China are today deservedly celebrated for their splendour and sheer size. By looking behind that surface impression, and into the characters of their find-contexts, one can - as for any class of artefact - see behind what they are for us towards what they were in their own time.

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Antiquity , Volume 67 , Issue 257 , December 1993 , pp. 805 - 823
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1993

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