The Dating Study Of Ying's Bronzewares

As one of the earliest known metals, bronze was widely used in the fields of production and life, which made the development of human civilization and made a brilliant bronze age. Throughout the history of human civilization on the ancient civilization, China nation is only used in making national bronze wares. This is not only a manifestation of the ancient ancestors of wisdom, is also the important evidence of the Chinese nation has always been a state of ceremonies.Through a study of the corresponding country bronze shapes, decoration, inscriptions, the author basically can be bronzes can be divided into three stages:early, middle and late. Early, about the same as king Cheng of Zhou-King Mu of Zhou period, medium is about Zhou Gong Wang Zhi Zhou Yi during the reign of King late approximately equivalent to the Zhou and Zhou period. On the three aspects of shape, decoration, inscriptions, also formed different characteristics.From the shape of bronze ware in the overall development is relatively slow, bronze wares in prometaphase and Xizhou Dynasty, Wang Ji area maintained a more consistent. And in the late period of the Western Zhou Dynasty, with the gradual powerful forces of the state of Chu, closer to the distance from the state of Chu should be in bear the brunt of the profound influence, more Chu Ding, GUI in the shape of bronze, Chu bronzes typical Quanzu gap, implements multi band cover features is obvious. But at the same time, China should also keep the bronze has many characteristics, such as the handle above heads is still preserved.From the decoration, the bronze ornamentation is always in a relatively stable state, the animal decorative design in a utensil changes appeared in the mid western Zhou Dynasty, the GUI can be as this period should be bronzes formed its own characteristics. GUI stolen curved lines and at the same time of Wang Ji in bronze ornamentation compared to more live wave, change the original relatively sluggish of S-shaped stolen curved lines arrangement, an increase of waveform, ribbon and other new elements. And in the late Western Zhou Dynasty, the characteristics of further fixed, also decoration parts also has the more changes, the character Yu GUI, Hou Shili, M8 is a public Ding, Hou pot artifacts, such as the mouth along the site, to zone lines or stolen curved lines, this and at the same time various other country implements different.From the inscriptions(the early(King Chen to King Zhao period), inscrirtions counter book more generally, which is consistent with the Central Plains bronze inscription writing habits. From the point of view of font, stroke mid thick, head and tail out of the front, Na pen hypertrophy, pencil sharp, text is vigorous and forceful, zhe wave body that is more strong is imitation of Wang Ji in bronze inscriptions font. And on the arrangement, did not carry too much design, randomness. Mid (King Mu of filial piety in the period of the king). Inscriptions counter book phenomenon has greatly reduced, especially in the font zhe wave has gradually disappeared, generally delicate strokes, which should with practical writing style evolution, and many font size has been basically the same. (King Yi to early of the Spring and Autumn Period) the most significant a change is horizontal, vertical arrangement neat, cast in bronze inscription when the pre drawn character, "jade chopsticks" become inscription standardized wording.The corresponding bronzes periodization, first of all will be the three stages of the bronzes division, and through a more detailed analysis, identified dozens of pieces of important artifacts in ownership, to further promote the work on bronzes, as history but to the Western Zhou Dynasty history provides a certain reference value.