X-ray, 80, 186

See also loukong openwork and toukong openwork under openwork

molds

bivalve (two-piece), 5–6, 19, 32, 50, 53, 56–57, 103, 122, 130, 148, 152, 155, 180, 382–383

clay, 5–6, 8, 19, 21–23, 28–29, 38, 80–84, 86, 105, 113, 145–146, 149–150, 159, 163, 172, 178–179, 183, 198, 204, 212

closed molds, 5

“mother” mold, 179–180

outer, 35, 41–43, 56–58, 68–69, 104, 163, 171, 225

section-mold, 1, 4, 6–9, 16–21, 23, 28–33, 35, 42–45, 50–51, 53–54, 56–58, 60–61, 64, 66–69, 71, 73–74, 78, 80–85, 90, 92, 102–105, 107–110, 115–120, 133, 146, 150, 153, 155, 163–164, 168, 171–173, 175–177, 180, 182–185, 303

stone molds, 5, 19, 28

molten, 5–6, 8, 29–31, 34, 43, 52, 54, 70, 90, 96, 114, 126, 144, 173, 179, 186

Mongolia, 153–154, 162

central Mongolia, 152

Inner Mongolia, 130, 151, 337

Western Mongolia, 378

mortise, 17, 21, 28–29, 56, 58, 61, 105, 118, 202

Mortuary Phase, 149

Murowchick, Robert, 39, 158–161

Musée d’ethnographie de Genève (MEG), 133, 171

Museum für Völkerkunde, 18

musicians, 170, 399

Namba Junko (Uchida Junko), 85

Nanjing Museum, 70, 115, 120, 330

Nanyang, 110–111, 125, 137, 307, 422

Nanyaozhuang, 63, 422

nao bell, 145, 364

Nickel, Lucas, 35–36, 159

Ningxiang. See under Hunan

nitiao panzhu. See clay-strip building technique under clay

nomads, 153, 156, 163–164, 179, 188, 380–385

Non Nok Tha, 149

northern artifacts, 152–153

Northern Zone, 151–152, 156, 162

Odagi Harutaro, 179–180

Omsk, 26, 201

openwork

high-relief openwork, 73

loukong openwork, 83, 270

openwork interlace, 72–73, 76, 78–80, 129–130, 132, 134–136, 140, 142, 152, 167, 170–172

three-dimensional interlace, 131, 133–134, 136–137, 142, 183, 265, 274–277

toukong openwork, 83

origin of metalworking in China, 13

ornamental elements, 51, 53–55, 57, 72, 100–101, 106, 234, 236–238, 300–301

Palace Museum (Beijing), 185

Palace Museum (Taipei), 172

pan, 1, 41–42, 45, 59, 70, 108, 217, 313–318, 320–321, 422