“In fact the evidence strongly favours direct casting, the molten bronze being poured into a mould prepared without recourse to a wax model. In the majority of fine bronzes, particularly in the ritual vessels, the seams which are to be expected to mark the joints of the mould pieces are quite lacking, or to be detected only after close and sceptical inspection.”
Watson examines the variety and complexity of traditions of early civilization in China, dividing the text and illustrations between the neolithic and bronze ages of China and discussing themes of technology, the steppe bronze-age culture, and the fate of the extreme eastern province where civilizing influences were late and weak.
Author: William Watson
Title: Cultural Frontiers in Ancient East Asia
Edition: No edition remarks
Published: Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1971
Physical description: Hardcover; Quarto; 187p; 103 plates
Condition: Dust jacket in very good condition with edge wear—in protector. Boards and spine clean with only bumping to corners. Binding tight and square. Pages mostly clear with small areas of discoloration in the text block.
Comments: Beautiful copy
