Tuesday 16 April 2013

Shanghai Museum - Bronzes



The bronze collection is extensive and almost wholely over 2000 years old much of it thousands of years older than that. You look at some wonderful bronze that (except for weight) you gladly have in your home today and realise it's older than anything you see in Egypt. Highlights include a set of bells from the mid 9C BCE and a set of drums which could double as containers for rice and corn.
















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