Metalworking in Bronze Age China: The Lost-Wax Process
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Figure 87a. Bronze Pan long fang hu from Henan Xinzheng Lijialou. One of a pair, currently in the National Museum of History (Taipei, China). H.90 cm. Early 6th century BCE

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Figure 87b. Detail of the ornamental crown, Pan long fang hu from Henan Xinzheng Lijialou

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Figure 88a. Bronze ding from Shanxi Xinjiang Liuquan. Late 6th or early 5th century BCE. H.24 cm

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Figure 88b. Interlace of the bronze ding shown in Figure 88a

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Figure 89. Carved wooden box from Hubei Jiangling Yutaishan M471. H.20.9 cm. Warring States period. H. 20.9 cm

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Figure 90a. Bronze cup from Hubei Jiangling Yutaishan. Middle Warring States period. H. 12.7cm

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Figure 90b. Illustration of the bronze cup of Figure 90a

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Figure 91a. Unprovenanced bronze zhan formerly in the Sackler Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Height to rim: 11.0 cm; height to top of lid: 16.3cm. Late 7th or early 6th century BCE. Side view

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Figure 91b. Top view of the bronze zhan shown in Figure 91a

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Figure 92a. Bronze ding with openwork lid crown from the cemetery of Dangyang Zhaojiahu, Hubei Province. H. 35.7 centimeters. Middle Spring and Autumn period (circa 670–570 BCE)

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