Catalogue of Chinese Bronze Ware Exhibition

Author: Shanghai Museum Editorial Department
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: The establishment of ancient Chinese rituals was marked by the emergence of bronze ware. During the first eighteenth to sixteenth centuries BC of the Xia Dynasty, bronze wine vessels, food vessels, and weapons had already appeared. Subsequently, through the development and refinement during the Shang and Western Zhou periods, it gradually reached its peak during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. This book provides an introduction to bronze ware.