Contents

Preface

The Origin of Chinese Bronzes

Classification of Bronzes

"The Earth Cherishes No Treasure"

A Long History of Development

Testaments of Ancient History

From Pictographs to Seal and Clerical Scripts

myth and Reality

Technique of Bronze Casting

Characteristics of Fine Arts

Bronze Mirrors, Belt Hooks, Seals and Coins

The Spread of Culture and Cultural Exchange

Endless New Discoveries

Appendixes

Chronology of Chinese Dynasties Reigning Periods of the Later Shang, Western Zhou and Eastern Zhou Dynasties Index

23.3cm × 31cm,     

171 pages, 1995.

ISBN 

7-119-01387-4　

Published by Foreign Languages Press Beijing, China