NEW YORK, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Over 70 Chinese ritual bronzes from 12th century BC in the Shang dynasty to 1st-2nd century AD ...

Kin Sum (Sammy) Li is associate professor of history at Hong Kong Baptist University.

"While bronze as an art form has long held a significant role throughout China's history, this exhibition explores an ...

One of the world’s greatest collections of ancient Chinese bronzes outside of China is on view for the first time in NYC at China Institute Gallery.

Objects on the exhibition are complimentary with Chinese bronzes collected by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and "I hope visitors could get to know Chinese bronze culture ...

Rich families in Shang China would hold banquets ... in contrast with the art of the ancient Middle East, where agriculture and people are more common. Bronze - Late Shang dynasty, about 1100 ...

"While bronze as an art form has long held a significant role throughout China's history, this exhibition explores an often-overlooked time period when a resurgence of craftsmanship and artistic ...

Bronze vessels were emblems of power and ritual in ancient China, and from the 1100s-1900s, the art form was revisited by ...

Thousands of years ago, Chinese ... sets of bronze bells of different sizes to produce a range of tones. They developed oval-shaped bells that, depending on where they were struck, produced two ...