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Thursday 3 April 2014

Technical Examination of Chinese Bronzes by The Cincinnati Art Museum


Compiled from Arts of Asia March - April 1993


No 102






Top left: (No 110) DR Image of guang handle. Yellow lines indicate the locations of subsequent CT slices. 

Top right: (No 111) Selected CT slice through the upper section of the guang.

2nd photo on right: (No 112) CT slice through legs of jue indicates they are solid cast.

Bottom left: (No 113) DR image of lower half of the jue shows porosity. Yellow lines mark the locations of the subsequent CT slices.

Bottom right: (No 114) CT slice through lower part of jue showing location of trapped air bubbles in relation to vessel walls.  


Top left: (No 115) DR image of gu

Top right: (No 116) CT slice through lower sections of gu exhibits uneven wall thickness and metal segregation that occurred during cooling

2nd photo on right: (No 117) CT slice through legs of jia showing configuration of clay cores in legs, as well as location of the screw and pin 

Bottom left: (No 118) DR image of you lid shows the fracture of dramatic detail

Bottom right: (No 119) CT slice through legs of you reveals presence of clay cores 

 


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