LXH68: Eximious Rare Chinese Bronze vessel- pot Start Price USD 0.99 Current Price USD 0.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Saturday, July 19, 2008 End Time Saturday, July 26, 2008 Location Ship From China (3-5 days)N/R!, See more about 'LXH68: Eximious Rare Chinese Bronze vessel- pot' Description SquareTrade © AP6.0 Your browser does not support JavaScript. To view this page, enable JavaScript if it is disabled or upgrade your browser. Increase Sales by 18% and double your hits - Vendio Gallery   LXH68: Eximious Rare Chinese Bronze vessel- pot Bid on my item!   ?  ITEM DATA Dimension : width: 8 INCHES. altitude: 14 INCHES. Period : Shang Dynasty / 1766 BC – 1027 BC, Material : Bronze Provenance : Old Chinese private collection Shipping fee : US $187.30 (EMS)by Air Post Mail Condition : Good, with some original pigments, some color fading, small chips and minor deterioration with possible areas of expert restoration is common in burial pieces of this age . Description: You are biding on a rare and wonderful item. I take it from countryside of China. If you are interesting in Chinese antiques, it will be a good condition to display or collect. Please wait for all pictures to load, as they illustrate the condition very accurately! I have many other wonderful collect item on ebay . Please view my other items !!!! About Bronze: Bronze was a great invention in the history of human beings. It was a kind of alloy, made of red copper, tin and lead. Bronze wares were mostly used to sacrificing and war, which was quite diffrent from other countries. Bronze wares were divided into three kinds: ceremonial things and instruments, weaponry and others. At this time, the instruments were mostly used in sacrificing activities. And ceromonial things were mostly used in the activities of memorizing ancestors.Among all the bronze things, most are ceremonial things which are the most delicate, representing the highest level of Chinese bronze technique. The most common decration was animal vein, such as tiger, dragon, deer, sheep, ox and bird. In Western Zhou dynasty, dragon and phoenix were mostly used. Cicada vein was common in Shang and Western Zhou dynasties and there were deformed cicada vein in Spring and Autumn period. Because of the war, making weaponery became popular. Some swords were buried under the earth for thousands of years. 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