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Front cover image is the openwork ornament portion of the lid of a bronze vessel dated early sixth century BCE, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Charlotte C. and John C. Weber Collection, Gift of Charlotte C. and John C. Weber, 1992, https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/44734.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Peng, Peng, 1987- author.
Title: Metalworking in Bronze age China : the lost-wax process / Peng Peng.
Description: Amherst, New York : Cambria Press, 2020. |
Series: Cambria Sinophone world series |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
| Summary: "This is the first study that adopts a comprehensive, thorough, and interdisciplinary approach toward early Chinese lost-wax castings. With more than 80 images, this book provides a study on the "norms," which are seldom questioned. By examining the reasons why Chinese founders often chose not to use the lost-wax process they had clearly mastered, the book refutes the idea that lost-wax technology is the only "right way" to cast bronzes. This study demonstrates that a "norm" is in many ways an illusion that twists our comprehension of art, technology, civilization, and history"-- Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019031639 (print) | LCCN 2019031640 (ebook) |
ISBN 9781604979626 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781621964803 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Bronzes, Chinese--To 221 B.C. |
Precision casting--China--History. | Bronze founding--Technological innovations--China--History.
Classification: LCC NK7983.22 .P445 2019 (print) | LCC NK7983.22 (ebook) |
DDC 739.5/120951--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019031639
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019031640