MOIRE COPPER

Detail

Name of object: Yunwen Copper Forbidden

Date: Spring and Autumn Period

Objects specifications: 131 cm in length, 67.6 cm in length, 28.8 cm in height, 46 cm in width, 94.2 kg in weight

Unearthed time: 1978

Unearthed place: Chu Tomb of Spring and Autumn in Xichuan, Henan Province

The moire bronze ban is not only the largest and the most complicated and exquisite bronze ban ban ban, but also the first one excavated by science. There are many controversies about its casting process in academic circles, but it is still regarded as an example of lost-wax casting process by the mainstream view. Therefore, the time of casting bronzes by the method of losing wax in China will be advanced to the Spring and Autumn Period.