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How inscriptions and style reflect politics: the bronzes of King Cuo

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2015

Xiaolong Wu
Xiaolong Wu*
Affiliation:
Hanover College, Art and Art History Department, Hanover, Indiana 47243, USA (Email: [email protected])
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Abstract

The magnificent tomb of King Cuo now published throws a bright light on a kingdom of the Warring States period. Here the author shows how the bronze vessels in the tomb, blessed with dated inscriptions, can chronicle the political fortunes and alliances of King Cuo’s reign.

Keywords

ChinaWarring Statesbronze vessels
Type
Research
Information
Antiquity , Volume 78 , Issue 301 , September 2004 , pp. 594 - 601
Copyright
Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2004

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