Bronze Vessels 青銅器皿

Bronze Vessels 青銅器皿

Daily necessity, Level of technology

Bronze Age began around 2000 B.C, Shang and Zhou dynasties. Bronze, an alloy of copper and tin, were used to fashion weapons, parts of chariots and ritual vessels. Chinese bronzes are central to Chinese civilization. The ability to manipulate metal ores to produce useful tools is one of the major steps in the development of human civilization. it was made for the elite and were associated with power.
The vessels were made to serve grain and wine, which played an important role in the ritual banquets that took place in family temples or over ceremonial tombs.

Shang Dynasty (1600–1046 BC)

Hard, Metallic

Craft

Copper and tin would be melted to form bronze.

Bronze, Metal

Vessels were used to make sacrificial offerings of food to previous ancestors.