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

Authors
RAWSON J
Citation
J. Rawson, 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, Antiquity, 67(257), 1993, pp. 805-822
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Archaeology,Archaeology
Journal title
Antiquity → ACNP
ISSN journal
0003598X
Volume
67
Issue
257
Year of publication
1993
Pages
805 - 822
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-598X(1993)67:257<805:ACRB-T>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The great cast bronzes of China are today deservedly celebrated for th eir splendour and sheer size. By looking behind that surface impressio n, and into the characters of their find-contexts, one can - as for an y class of artefact - see behind what they are for us towards what the y were in their own time.