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• 1 Art in China Study Guide Early Chinese Tombs

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• name of the site; date—century, and location

  • Mask
  • 1200-1050 BCE
  • Sanxingdui pit No.2  

• name of the site; date—century, and location

  • Bronze standing figure
  • 1200 BCE
  • Sanxingdui pit No.2  

• name of the site; date—century, and location

  • Jade Cong-tube
  • Liangzhu culture
  • c. 3000-2500 BCE
  • Fanshan, Zhejiang province   

• name of the site; date—century, and location

  • from a Jade cong-tube
  • Liangzhu culture
  • c. 3000-2500 BCE
  • Fanshan, Liangzu, Zhejiang province    

• Which culture is famous for making a cong jade? What is its shape like?

  
  De Liangzhu Culture (c. 3300-2250 BCE). Cong jade is a jade tube

• When did writing begin to emerge in ancient China (which dynasty)?  What were the function of oracle bones, and what were they made of?

  Shang dynasty (c. 1200 BCE). The oracle bones were made of big flat bones from large animals (ox shoulder blades) or the shells of turtles. The function of oracle bones was to communicate with the gods and ancestors, by (sometimes) writing down the questions, drilling holes in them and applying a hot poke until it cracks, wrote down the answers on them.

• What were bronze vessels made of? What were the two bronze-casting techniques in early China?

  Bronze was made from copper, led, and tin.
  Technique 1: Piece-mould casting: reusable molds, fine surface decoration can be carved into mould before casting, best for repetitive shapes (ritual vessels)
  model formed (usually clay), mold formed around model, mold pieces removed, dried and reassembled, molten bronze poured into cavity
  Technique 2: Lost wax casting: one time use mold, ability to create more intricate detail, best for unique items statues, figurative works
  Detailed wax model (model often cut into pieces), coated in clay/plaster, heated melting the wax, molten bronze poured in cavity.

• What technique of mould casting was used?

  Piece-mould casting

• What technique of mould casting was used?

  Lost wax casting

• What technique of mould casting was used?

  Lost wax casting