Chinese bronzes in the Shang dynasty.
Chinese bronzes in the Shang dynasty.
These were among the most sophisticated objects manufactured in the ancient world.
The transition from copper to bronze was a major technological advance. In China, the Bronze Age began about 2000 BCE and lasted until the beginning of the Iron Age about 750 BCE. Chinese bronze is ...
List of the Shang Dynasty Emperors of China, according to information from the oracle bones and historian Sima Qian.
Shang Dynasty China was just entering the Bronze Age. People were starting to write, and they got horses and chariots. Probably all of these things came from contacts with Indo-European people in Central Asia.
Unglazed white pottery from the Shang Dynasty, ca. 1300-1200 B.C., Henan Province, Anyang, China. Displayed at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, D.C.
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Over three thousand years ago the legendary Shang Dynasty produced mesmerizing and mysterious bronzes whose symbolism and meaning still eludes us.
View a map of China in 1500 BCE. At this time the Shang dynasty rule a kingdom in northern China. It is home to an urban and literate civilization.
Lot 61. An important archaic bronze wine vessel (zun), Late Shang Dynasty, 13th-11th century BC. Height 12 in., 30.5 cm. Estimate 200,000 - 300,000 USD. Lot sold 389,000 USD . © Sotheby's with a tall and slightly bulging waist, a wide trumpet-shape...
