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    ns1:about [ a ns1:DefinedTerm ;
            ns1:alternateName "Precision casting--China--History" ],
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            ns1:alternateName "Bronzes, Chinese" ],
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            ns1:alternateName "Bronzes, Chinese--To 221 B.C." ],
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            ns1:alternateName "Bronze founding--Technological innovations--China--History" ],
        <https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320126578>,
        <https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320126675>,
        <https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320127451>,
        <https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320127452>,
        <https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320127458>,
        <https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320129870>,
        <https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320133170>,
        <https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/330134301> ;
    ns1:abstract "\"This is the first study that adopts a comprehensive, thorough, and interdisciplinary approach toward early Chinese lost-wax castings. With more than 80 images, this book provides a study on the \"norms,\" which are seldom questioned. By examining the reasons why Chinese founders often chose not to use the lost-wax process they had clearly mastered, the book refutes the idea that lost-wax technology is the only \"right way\" to cast bronzes. This study demonstrates that a \"norm\" is in many ways an illusion that twists our comprehension of art, technology, civilization, and history\"--"@en ;
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            ns1:propertyID "NL-AmRIJ" ;
            ns1:value "311035" ] ;
    ns1:inLanguage "eng" ;
    ns1:name "Metalworking in bronze age China" ;
    ns1:subjectOf [ a ns1:Statement ;
            ns1:additionalType <http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300195187> ;
            ns1:text "What is lost-wax casting? -- Metalworking in Bronze age China -- Was lost-wax casting used in Bronze age China? -- Further confirmed lost-wax castings I: the Xiasi Jin -- Further confirmed lost-wax castings II: certain \"diatrete\" vessels and mirrors -- Further confirmed lost-wax castings III: objects with \"interpenetrating\" openwork appendages -- Design as the driving force -- The origin of the lost-wax technique in Bronze age China -- Coda: additional issues and comments." ] ;
    ns1:temporalCoverage "Tot 221 B.C." ;
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