General business mid-bronze sculpture cast inscriptions

Gang culture in the business two years period and the culture of the period between the Yin Ruins, there are several groups of bronze sculpture unearthed. These objects have some characteristics of the early Shang Dynasty, however, has been more evolution; also has some characteristics of Yin Ruins during the onset of bronze sculpture. More typically lower in Hebei Gaocheng Taihsi tombs unearthed a number of bronze sculpture, Beijing Pinggu Liu Shang Dynasty tombs excavated river china bronze sculpture, western regions of Anhui Funan and fertilizer unearthed bronze sculpture. East Bridge in western Henan Lingbao also unearthed. Yin Ruins have such a culture, found objects, such as 232 Xiaotun tomb unearthed a bronze sculpture, and other Xiaotun 331,333 tomb unearthed part of the bronze sculpture. However, this type of artifacts found in the Yin Ruins is not much, but in some other regions are more typical than the Yin Ruins is good and fine, like two years now still can not find as gang or the Yin Ruins of Shang Dynasty to produce such a large bronze sculpture Rhyme. Pan Geng moved to Yin, the providers are suddenly before, earlier in the shelter and phase, but in the second period in the gang, the Yin Ruins is the period before the objective existence of these bronze sculpture. Since this type of bronze sculpture has the characteristics of early to late transition, so some will be the break in the second period in the gang, and some off early for the culture of the Yin Ruins. The distribution of these china bronze sculpture has a certain breadth, and its center to produce them when not in the Yin, which is absolutely necessary in the gang culture in the second period, and the Yin Ruins culture period before maturity, a call to draw business mid-stage. The mid-cap business is not easy to determine the lower limit of about Wuding before.

During this period the early shapes are close to MG, Gu, jade cup with ears and so on. Although similar to the end of early Jazz, but the flow has been relaxed, there's a round up of the chinese bronze body is not seen in MG. Jade cup with ears like feet in the air outside the vertebrae, the emergence of T-shaped feet, more down to heave out of the bottom, flat bottom has been rare. Despite the early emergence of a wide shoulder of the statue big mouth, the shape of such a large development at this time, like the dragon statue and the Animal Mask Funan statue so heavy majestic style, is never seen in the early Shang Dynasty of. BU such shapes, but also developed during this period, the Gaocheng's Animal Mask BU is typical. Early high jar size, at this time the development of the low percentage of body style and broad shoulders, the National Palace Museum's collection of giant Animal Mask jar is typical. This time, the + on the ring foot and square-shaped hole, compared with the earlier, somewhat diminished. Ding, Ge device type prominent change is no longer one ear - enough opposition, the formation of uneven shape, but the three-legged with symmetrical ears, a tripod after all the fixed format, but then closed when casting the core range of hanging The method has not been fully resolved, the hollow leg of the tripod as well connected with the case of abdominal devices.

Decoration is divided into two categories, one is a two stage deformation of animal pattern in Okazaki improvements, the original rough lines become smaller and dense, like an Animal Mask Pinggu tripod and fertilizer West jade cup with ears and Jazz, and Funan dragon statue and Kerry Hill Gang's main park has more fine lines Animal Mask, Animal Mask remains on the ring foot structure and style early. The second is the emergence of the mine with dense rows of feather pattern and the pattern formed Animal Mask. Animal Mask of these eyes are often prominent. If it is not relief, then both the head or the body is no clear distinction. Examples of this Gaocheng the BU as the Palace Museum collection and a large jar, have adopted more decorated with high relief, but the outline of a rounded sense of line, contour line and late Jun straight sharp relief the different styles. General business mid-bronze sculpture cast inscriptions still maintain the habit of not, but on the individual device found himself cast as the clan's emblem, but not found to be ancestors of the Japanese dry test known.