Bronze is a variety of utensils made of bronze (an alloy of red copper and tin), born in the Bronze Age of human civilization. Since bronzes are found all over the world, they are also a symbol of world civilization. The earliest bronzes appeared in the two river basins of Western Asia between about 5,000 and 6,000 years. The large bronze knives carved in the Sumerian civilization with the image of a lion are representative of the early bronzes. Bronze was gradually replaced by ironware more than 2,000 years ago.
Chinese bronzes are beautifully crafted and have the highest artistic value in bronzes around the world. Chinese bronzes represent China's superb technology and culture during the pre-Qin period. Mainly refers to the utensils made of copper-tin alloy in the pre-Qin period, referred to as "bronze". Including pots, utensils, wine, water, musical instruments, horses and horses, bronze mirrors, hooks, weapons, tools and weighing instruments.
It was popular in the late Neolithic period to the Qin and Han Dynasties. Originally appeared as a small tool or accessory. There were bronze containers and weapons in the Xia Dynasty. In the middle of the business, the bronze wares were very rich, and inscriptions and fine patterns appeared. From the late Shang Dynasty to the early Western Zhou Dynasty, it was the heyday of the development of bronzes. There were many kinds of shapes, thick and dignified, the inscriptions gradually lengthened, and the patterns were rich and prosperous. Subsequently, the bronze carcass began to thin and the ornamentation gradually simplified.
Ancient Chinese bronzes are our ancestors' great contribution to human material civilization. Although from the current archaeological data, the appearance of bronzes in China is later than some other places in the world, but the scale of use of copper and casting process In terms of plastic arts and varieties, there is no place in the world where bronzes can be compared with ancient Chinese bronzes. This is one of the reasons why ancient Chinese bronzes occupied a unique position in the history of world art and attracted widespread attention. The color of the bronze is really beautiful when it is actually made. It is a golden earthy yellow, because it is rusted in the soil and turns green a little bit.
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