One of the world’s greatest collections of ancient Chinese bronzes outside of China is on view for the first time in NYC at China Institute Gallery.

and this bronze, made about 1000 BC, is just such a document. It's part of the story about the end of one Chinese dynasty - the Shang - and the beginning of another one - the Zhou. The Shang ...

Bronze - Late Shang dynasty ... It was made during the Zhou dynasty, which followed the Shang. "These bronzes that we call ritual vessels were used for a long time - from around 1300 BC down ...

The subject of wine, and the rituals associated with it, are thoroughly documented in two texts from the Zhou dynasty ... Wine would be served in bronze vessels known as either jue or zhi ...

New discoveries at Liulihe provide fresh clues about the origin of the city that eventually became China's capital, Wang ...

China entered the Bronze Age around the 16th century BC ... player in his hand or put on a wooden stand. From the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States ...

Recent excavations at the Liulihe relic site in Beijing have uncovered significant discoveries, including the precise ...

From left: An array of ritual bronze ware unearthed from a tomb coded ... Just over 3,000 years ago, the newly established Western Zhou Dynasty (c. 11th century-771 BC) included present-day ...

Notably, the study of bronze artifacts confirmed that the metallurgical traditions at Liulihe closely mirrored those found in Chengzhou, the capital of the Zhou Dynasty (1046BC-256BC). A wooden ...