The bronze sculpture also hold high historical value and artistic value

In the summer of taotie inside already on a bronze culture. Shang and Zhou dynasties taotie many types, some like a dragon, like the tiger, like cattle, like sheep, like the deer; there like a bird, like the phoenix, like people. . By 1949, monographs about the research of Chinese bronze sculpture had reached more hundreds far beyond that on any other vessels. Western Zhou Dynasty, bronze decoration of the mysterious decline. Dragon and phoenix, still a lot of bronze pattern motif. It can be said of many design patterns, is actually from the snakes, phoenix birds evolve from the two types of decoration. Cicada pattern, is Shang, Western Zhou Dynasty common pattern, the Spring and Autumn, as well as deformation of the cicada pattern. Spring and Autumn Period, Chi dragon prevalence gradually dominated, almost all the crowding out of other patterns.
Ancient Chinese bronze is another prominent feature exquisite delicate production process, showing the ancient craftsmen have a talent for creativity. Range with ceramic composite made of bronze statue casting and the Model Law, in ancient China to be fully developed. Tao Fan Fan turn modeling the choice of materials, pattern engraving are extremely elegant, muddy cast, sub cast, cast then, stack casting technology is very mature. Chinese bronze sculpture has various species.  No need to point out the subsequent development of lost wax casting process technology, bronze casting process is undoubtedly a big step forward. Be mounted on the sculpture in bronze to increase the beautiful, this technology is already there. Embedded material, the first one is turquoise, green gem that is still used in jewelry. The second is the jade, jade aid Ge, the spear leaf jade, jade blade such sway.
The third iron meteorite, such as copper ax blade iron, copper, iron blade aid, was identified, iron blade are Master iron. The fourth is embedded in copper, with copper to form zoomorphic patterns. Also useful in the Spring and Autumn gold, decorated with inlaid silver to chinese bronze. Eastern Zhou era, higher smelting technology development, there has been manufacturing bronze literature Technical Summary, "Kao Gong Ji." Book on the making tripods, axes, Yi Ji and other objects used in the proportion of copper-tin bronze in the detailed provisions. Frequent because of the war, weapons casting has been developing rapidly. In fact, Chinese bronze sculpture has a long history and large quantity. In particular, Wu and Yue sword, abnormal sharp, world famous, there are some famous sword of craftsmen, such as go-getters, Haruko, and others in Europe. Although some sword buried in the ground two thousand years, but can still cut into the stack of paper.
Goujian sword and some other sword, the surface after some chemical treatment to form a diamond-shaped rust, flake-shaped or flame-shaped patterns, unusual gorgeous. There is also a feature of china bronze, is so far not found any portrait. Many employers face shape as bronze ornaments, such as human face Fang Ding, who face ax, etc., but these people face are not any specific person's face. The bronze sculpture also hold high historical value and artistic value.  More of the overall image of objects is a human, such as the human form of the lamp or device base; or objects to people as part of the whole, such as the bell frame has humanoid hands lift up sword beams, copper next several humanoid Foot- and the like, most of these men and women to be from the human form of dress, and not a portrait of a particular slave servant.