Bronzes are arguably the pinnacle of ancient Chinese art. Bronze items from the Shang (c.1600–1046 BC) and Zhou (1046–256 BC) dynasties were important ritual objects and symbols of power and were made ...

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An axe-like iron object pulled from a sacrificial pit at the Sanxingdui archaeological site in Southwest China has been identified as the earliest known meteoritic iron artifact of the Chinese Bronze ...