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Bronzes are arguably the pinnacle of ancient Chinese art. Bronze items from the Shang (c.1600–1046 BC) and Zhou (1046–256 BC) dynasties were important ritual objects and symbols of power and were made ...
Four thousand years ago, the Bronze Age in China began. Over the next centuries, as the region around the Yellow River became the seat of military and political power, bronze sculptures were created ...
NEW YORK — Things didn’t end well for the Chinese Song dynasty emperor Huizong. In 1126, the Northern Song capital was captured by invaders, and the retired emperor, along with much of his court, was ...
An astute owl with a round belly and pointy claws that served as a wine vessel crafted in ancient China, circa the 12th or 13th century B.C., is one of the oldest objects in "Eternal Offerings: ...
“Indulging in things destroys the will,” a Chinese proverb says. That this is cited in the catalog to an exhibition of scores of ancient Chinese bronzeworks now on display at the Art Institute is an ...
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An axe-like iron object pulled from a sacrificial pit at the Sanxingdui archaeological site in Southwest China has been identified as the earliest known meteoritic iron artifact of the Chinese Bronze ...