Chinese bronzeware

ancient Chinese cauldron, standing upon 3 or 4 legs with a lid and two facing handles

Chinese decorated bronzes deposited as grave goods in the tombs of royalty and the nobility

Bianzhong (; ) is an ancient Chinese musical instrument consisting of a set of bronze bells, played melodically. China is the earliest country to manufacture and use musical chimes. They are also called chime bells. These sets of chime bells were used as polyphonic musical instruments and some of these bells have been dated at between 2,000 and 3,600 years old. They were hung in a wooden frame and struck with a mallet. Using a wooden hammer and a rod to beat the bronze bell can make different pitch. Along with the stone chimes called , they were an important instrument in China's ritual and co

Type of Chinese vase-like container

ancient Chinese ritual bronze vessel

ritual vessel

thumb|A zun with taotie dating to the [[Shang dynasty]] thumb|A rare Xi zun in the shape of an ox thumb|Western Zhou goose-shaped bronze zun. [[National Museum of China]]

ancient Chinese drinking vessel

Bronze heads associated with Chinese zodiac

right|thumb|Fangyi dated to the 12th century BCE (Shang dynasty) A fangyi (; 'square bronze') is a type of Chinese ritual bronze container typical of the Shang and early to middle Zhou periods of Bronze Age China (circa 1800-900 BCE). It takes the shape of a square or rectangular casket with a cover that resembles a hip roof, surmounted by a knob of a similar hipped appearance. The lower edge is typically indented with a semi-circular notch.

ancient Chinese bronze chariots

type of ancient Chinese bronze vessel

symbols of authority in imperial China

shape used in ancient Chinese ritual bronzes

type of Chinese ritual bronze vessel used in the late Zhou dynasty and the Warring States period of ancient China

type of bronze mirror that was popular during the Han dynasty in China

Chinese lidded vessel

type of Ancient Chinese wine jar