This bronze part from a horse chariot was unearthed from one of the tombs, suggesting the entire chariot and perhaps the horses that drew it were also entombed there.Image credit: Shaanxi Academy of Archaeology
This bronze part from a horse chariot was unearthed from one of the tombs, suggesting the entire chariot and perhaps the horses that drew it were also entombed there.Image credit: Shaanxi Academy of Archaeology
This bronze part from a horse chariot.................
Is there another kind?...................
Wonder if ours will be known as the Lithium Age...or maybe the Uranium Age?
Some of the very many ancient Chinese Bronze shapes - the Ding, Dou, Dui, Gu, Guang, Hu, Jia, You and Zun. These are almost all from the Shang and Zhou Dynasties - 1600 to 256 BC.
Music is Feng Ru Song playing Wind Through the Pines from the Taoist Music Orchestra CD, available through Amazon.
https://youtu.be/C_DzPXDY8qU
Ancient Chinese Art - Taoist Music Orchestra - Incense Prayer
A survey of Chinese art from 2100 BC to 18th century AD - the Xia Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty. The dynasty descriptions are on long enough to get the gist. To read them fully, you'll need to pause as you view.
