Lijialou. See Xinzheng Lijialou under Henan

Lin, Meicun, 25–27

Lingnan, 144, 148, 421

Liujiadianzi M1, 156

lost-cord process, 144–147, 155, 178, 180

lost-lead process, 27, 142, 147, 177, 180

lost-wax, 1–2, 4–6, 10, 13–14, 20–21, 23, 26–28, 30, 32, 41–45, 47, 49–53, 55–57, 63–66, 70, 72–83, 85, 88, 91–93, 95, 99, 101–102, 104–112, 114–122, 125–129, 133, 136–138, 140, 142–144, 147–152, 154, 156–162, 164, 166–167, 169–176, 181–184, 186, 188–189, 198, 302, 375–376

direct, 8–9, 11, 17, 24, 29, 38–39, 58, 113, 131, 153, 155, 168, 380–381

disadvantages, 8

indirect, 9, 11–12, 15–17, 31, 67, 84, 86, 96, 153, 168, 177, 179, 382–383

lost-wax and lost-textile casting, 178–180

primary benefit, 8

simplest forms, 7

stepped strategy, 34

three main hypotheses, 3

variety of methods, 9

loukong openwork. See under openwork

Loveday, Helen, 63, 71, 75, 77, 79, 89, 91, 93–95, 133, 141, 170–171, 183–184, 187, 249

Luo Feng, 179–180, 422

Luoyang, 153, 165, 422

Luristan Plateau, 129, 162

Mackenzie, Colin, 121, 132, 141

Margiana, 14, 33

Marquis Yi, 1–2, 41, 132, 140, 176–177, 187, 216–217, 331

giant hu in tomb, 120

Maryon, Herbert, 16, 28–29, 202

mask, 66–67, 71, 77, 90–91, 150, 243, 374–376

Mattusch, Carol, 4, 11–12, 197–200

mausoleum, 167–168, 391, 393

Mediterranean, 21, 168–169

Mei Jianjun, 15, 375–376, 422

Mengdiexuan collection, 172, 185, 396

Mesopotamia, 14

Metropolitan Museum of Art, 99, 178, 204, 206, 244–248, 278–279, 282, 285–288, 334, 380–385

Metropolitan tripod, 67, 71–72, 76, 115, 133

Metropolitan vessel, 67, 69–70, 72, 74, 78, 91, 93

Meyers, Pieter, 11, 35, 160–161, 186

Middle Western Zhou you, 131

Middle Yangzi region, 96–97, 150

Middle Yellow River Valley, 19, 150

Mingmenhuafu, 110, 307, 422

Minneapolis Institute of Art, 119, 127

Minusinsk Basin, 152

mirror

Chugoku mirror, 84–85, 87, 272–273

double-tier mirrors, 79

HUAM mirror, 86–88, 97, 274

knob, 80–81, 85–86

mirror ornamentation, 80–86, 96

purple clay (zisha), 81

Shanghai mirror, 84–85, 87

surmoulage, 84–86, 88, 96

“unit” molds, 82, 86–87, 96