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Water absorption test on old? Chinese pottery - Help needed

Posted By: rat
Posted Date: Aug 31, 2015 (09:57 AM)

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I can't offer an answer to your question about water absorption, but there is no need for a TL test. These are contemporary imitations of Shang "zun" bronzes. (It would be extraordinary to find such bronzes in a pair. As ritual vessels they were cast in bronze, not made from clay, and were not used as mortuary objects. Yours are larger than any zun recorded, in pristine condition with a great deal of intact pigment despite having been buried in the earth for a supposed 3,000+ years.) Below are a few pictures of Shang zun bronzes for comparison:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/CMOC_Treasures_of_Ancient_China_exhibit_-_bronze_zun.jpg/746px-CMOC_Treasures_of_Ancient_China_exhibit_-_bronze_zun.jpg

://images.library.wisc.edu/ArtHistory/S/13/t/209781t.jpg

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQfpkqN85OIpVpSM5uRhQz6yYZ7A2ntISmxRw5uhwhGbMrB0UyA

The rams' heads are modeled on this well known example: http://www.chinawhisper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/si-yang-fang-zun.jpg



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