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Evolution of the Shang style Pictures on late Chou bronze vessels Bronzes of the Eastern Chou period The pi jades Rubbing. notched square called ya - hsing , " having the form of the character ya , " which is of uncertain meaning . The ...
Evolution of the Shang style Pictures on late Chou bronze vessels Bronzes of the Eastern Chou period The pi jades Rubbing. notched square called ya - hsing , " having the form of the character ya , " which is of uncertain meaning . The ...
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... Bronze work was outstanding in this period , especially the large bronze Buddhist bells . Four Unified Silla bells with inscribed dates survive , two of which are in Japan . A Korean bell of this period differs from a Chinese or ...
... Bronze work was outstanding in this period , especially the large bronze Buddhist bells . Four Unified Silla bells with inscribed dates survive , two of which are in Japan . A Korean bell of this period differs from a Chinese or ...
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... Bronze Age in the friezes on the big stone cist of Kivik at Skåne , Sweden , as well as on rock engrav- ings that cover a long period of the Bronze and Iron Ages of Scandinavia . The Early Bronze Age was characterized by tumulus graves ...
... Bronze Age in the friezes on the big stone cist of Kivik at Skåne , Sweden , as well as on rock engrav- ings that cover a long period of the Bronze and Iron Ages of Scandinavia . The Early Bronze Age was characterized by tumulus graves ...
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