Figure 1. Administrative Divisions of Contemporary China

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Figure 2a. Bronze statuette of a horse cast with its base. H. 7.9 cm. Greek [Geometric], circa 750-700 BCE

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Figure 2b. The lost-wax process to cast the bronze statuette of Figure 2a

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Figure 3a. Riace Warrior A, one of a pair of full-size Greek bronze statues found in the sea at Riace Marina in 1972. H. 198 cm. Circa 5th century BCE

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Figure 3b. Riace Warrior B, one of a pair of full-size Greek bronze statues found in the sea at Riace Marina in 1972. H. 197 cm. Circa 5th century BCE

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Figure 4. Seima-Turbino bronze dagger from the Rostovka burial near Omsk (in the Irtysh Basin) with figurines of a horse and a skier on the handle

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Figure 5. The reconstruction by Maryon and Plenderleith for the casting of a bronze zun vessel: (A) General view of the interior of mold. (B) Wax model with walls for first part of piece-mold in position. (C) First part of piece-mold completed with mortises cut; boundaries of second part in position

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