Add to ORKGThis statuette of a resting hind in bronze is extremely stylised and reflects the influence of the Steppe-culture of the Eurasian continent which reached the border of China at the end of the Chou period. The bronze is cast over an inner kernel. -- h: 6.5 cm
L’arrivée en terre chinoise du bouddhisme et de ses images eut pour conséquence d’influencer de mani...
Like others of the so-called Huixian group this statuette is very stylised. -- h: 15 cm
Inlaid with malachite. The incised inscription shows that the vessel was made in 279 BC, presumably ...
Probably formed part of the decoration of a chariot. Dark bronze inlaid with silver. There is an ins...
It is possible that this powerful ornament was fixed to the point of a shaft -- h: 33.5 cm
The bronze phoenix probably formed part of the decorative motif of a larger object. Again se find a ...
This figurine probably once formed part of the decorative motif of a vessel. It has an olive-green p...
China can claim a history rich in over 5,000 years of artistic, philosophical and political advancem...
Made of bronze with silver inlay in an exceptionally spirited style. Three small animals executed in...
The brown surface of the metal is covered here and there with green and red spots. -- h: 29.5 cm
Presumably from a chariot. Made of bronze plated with gold and silver inlay. From Chin-ts'un near Lu...
This pike and spearhead of bronze are in the Huai style. The spearhead was found in Shou-chou. The p...
Among the famed "pictorial bronzes" of the fifth and early fourth centuries BC, one group of vessels...
The figurine expresses a beautiful serenity so typical of the Sung period. The metal has a grey-gree...
It is thought that this animal comes from the findings at Li-yu. A neckband of cowrie shells and orn...
L’arrivée en terre chinoise du bouddhisme et de ses images eut pour conséquence d’influencer de mani...
Like others of the so-called Huixian group this statuette is very stylised. -- h: 15 cm
Inlaid with malachite. The incised inscription shows that the vessel was made in 279 BC, presumably ...
Probably formed part of the decoration of a chariot. Dark bronze inlaid with silver. There is an ins...
It is possible that this powerful ornament was fixed to the point of a shaft -- h: 33.5 cm
The bronze phoenix probably formed part of the decorative motif of a larger object. Again se find a ...
This figurine probably once formed part of the decorative motif of a vessel. It has an olive-green p...
China can claim a history rich in over 5,000 years of artistic, philosophical and political advancem...
Made of bronze with silver inlay in an exceptionally spirited style. Three small animals executed in...
The brown surface of the metal is covered here and there with green and red spots. -- h: 29.5 cm
Presumably from a chariot. Made of bronze plated with gold and silver inlay. From Chin-ts'un near Lu...
This pike and spearhead of bronze are in the Huai style. The spearhead was found in Shou-chou. The p...
Among the famed "pictorial bronzes" of the fifth and early fourth centuries BC, one group of vessels...
The figurine expresses a beautiful serenity so typical of the Sung period. The metal has a grey-gree...
It is thought that this animal comes from the findings at Li-yu. A neckband of cowrie shells and orn...
L’arrivée en terre chinoise du bouddhisme et de ses images eut pour conséquence d’influencer de mani...
Like others of the so-called Huixian group this statuette is very stylised. -- h: 15 cm
Inlaid with malachite. The incised inscription shows that the vessel was made in 279 BC, presumably ...