Wenfengta pan, 112–116, 126

Zeng pan, 44, 114–115

pan long fang hu, 132, 136, 171, 177, 345–346

Panlongcheng, 34–35, 141, 207, 422

pattern blocks, 22–24, 37, 146, 208

phoenix, 39, 175

piece-mold method, 1, 4, 6, 18, 20, 22, 29, 31, 33, 43–45, 52–54, 56–58, 64, 66–67, 80–82, 84–85, 101, 104, 109, 113, 120, 130, 146, 150, 164, 168, 175, 178–180, 183, 202

Pinggu Liujiahe. See under Beijing

Pingshan, 24, 39, 174, 214, 423

Pirazzoli, Michèle, 148, 160

Pittman, Holly, 27

Pixian bu. See under bu

Pixian Liulin – fang hu, 136, 138, 261

plaque, 169, 180, 396

animal-shaped openwork plaques, 149

belt plaques, 178, 415–416

bronze plaque, 372–373

feline plaque, 154

hunting-scene plaque, 148

luxury plaques, 179

Plenderleith, Harold, 16, 28–29, 202

Poly Art Museum, 119

Possehl, Gregory L., 26

pottery, 19, 32–33, 35, 130

pour, 5–6, 8, 21, 28, 34, 43–44, 46, 54, 65, 96, 144, 179, 186, 198

single pour, 20, 66, 106

precast parts, 42, 45, 50–53, 104–105, 173–174

prescriptive process, 38

punching, 24, 39

Qijia, 14–15, 25–27, 33, 423

Qilian Mountains, 27

radiocarbon, 25, 31, 34, 148, 150, 160

ram, 100, 177, 379, 384–386

Rao, P. N., 11

Rawson, Jessica, 129–131, 133, 135, 139–141, 157, 162–163, 165–166, 396

Ren Changzhong, 50, 52, 54–55, 57, 61–62, 234, 240, 423

repair, 20, 29, 104

repoussé, 24, 39, 156

Riace bronzes, 9

rim appendage, 2, 41–45, 59, 107, 113, 121, 218–220, 227

ripple, 43, 70, 115–116, 317–318

risers (sprues), 54–56, 60

ritual vessels, 19, 32

rods, 8, 41–42, 53, 58, 64–65, 69–70, 104, 318

arched rods, 51, 234–236, 419

bronze rods, 44, 51–52, 54–55, 57, 90, 100–102, 105, 107–108, 112–117, 122, 124, 238, 315–317

framework rods, 51, 234–236, 238, 421

serpent-like bronze rods, 100

straight rods, 51, 106–107, 235–237, 427

supporting rods, 51, 236–237, 417

Rong Geng, 17, 423

rope model, 144, 160

Rostovka burial, 26, 201

Sanmenxia. See under Henan

Sanxingdui Pit 2, 150