Professor Zhu Fenghan, the lead editor of a sixty-volume compendium documenting more than 23,000 ancient Chinese bronze ...
Bronze Age pottery unearthed in northwest China has revealed the secret to making red rice wine that was ceremonially consumed in the region in the second millennium BC. Previous research has ...
The little owl that could is back on display at the Minneapolis Institute of Art after a three-year hiatus. The 3,000-year-old bronze owl is actually a “zun” wine vessel. Nicknamed the Pillsbury Owl, ...
Lent by the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the bronzes range from a wine vessel depicting a double owl to a celestial horse sculpture, all illustrating how early humans honored ancestors and deities.
A recent study published in the journal Archaeometry investigates the recycling of Han Chinese bronze mirrors into Japanese imitation mirrors during the Kofun period (c. 300–538 CE). Lead author Mark ...
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Publication based on the papers given at a symposium held at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Nov. 4, 2000, and in conjunction with the exhibition held at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Sept. 17-Nov. 26, ...
A recent archaeological excavation in northwest China has uncovered a 3,000-year-old burial site containing deliberately broken bronze weapons, offering a remarkable glimpse into ancient attitudes ...