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Metalworking in bronze age China : the lost-wax process
Title:
Metalworking in bronze age China : the lost-wax process

Cambria Sinophone world series

Cambria sinophone world series.
Author:
Peng, Peng, 1987- author.
ISBN:
9781604979626
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Physical Description:
xxxiv, 477 pages, 220 numbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Series:
Cambria Sinophone world series

Cambria sinophone world series.
Contents:
What is lost-wax casting? -- Metalworking in Bronze age China -- Was lost-wax casting used in Bronze age China? -- Further confirmed lost-wax castings I: the Xiasi Jin -- Further confirmed lost-wax castings II: certain "diatrete" vessels and mirrors -- Further confirmed lost-wax castings III: objects with "interpenetrating" openwork appendages -- Design as the driving force -- The origin of the lost-wax technique in Bronze age China -- Coda: additional issues and comments.
Abstract:
"This is the first study that adopts a comprehensive, thorough, and interdisciplinary approach toward early Chinese lost-wax castings. With more than 80 images, this book provides a study on the "norms, " which are seldom questioned. By examining the reasons why Chinese founders often chose not to use the lost-wax process they had clearly mastered, the book refutes the idea that lost-wax technology is the only "right way" to cast bronzes. This study demonstrates that a "norm" is in many ways an illusion that twists our comprehension of art, technology, civilization, and history"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Field 805:
npmlib 10905797 NK7983.22 P445 yh
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